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Etymology

From check + point.

Pronunciation

Noun

checkpoint (plural checkpoints)

  1. 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.
    The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
      A few days later I ford the Jordan River on a bus: Foot travel across Allenby Bridge checkpoint is strictly prohibited.
  2. (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.
    After the crash, we rolled back the database to the last checkpoint.
  3. (video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
    Synonym: savepoint
    You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
  4. (biology) A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.

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Translations

Verb

checkpoint (third-person singular simple present checkpoints, present participle checkpointing, simple past and past participle checkpointed)

  1. To set a checkpoint.
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Noun

checkpoint c

  1. A checkpoint

Declension

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