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Definition of Checkpoint
1. Noun. A place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance.
Definition of Checkpoint
1. Noun. A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection ¹
2. Noun. (computing) a situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event ¹
3. Noun. (video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to. ¹
4. Verb. To set a checkpoint ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Checkpoint
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Checkpoint
Literary usage of Checkpoint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"These data are consistent with the lack of Gj cell-cycle checkpoint function of
mutant p53 in various human and rodent cells (16-18). ..."
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