checkpoint

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Noun
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.
2 Definition

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.

3 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To set a checkpoint.