checkpoint

nounverbattested in dialogue

United States//ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt//

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.

noun

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.
Since this was rebel country, checkpoints were set up along the road.
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text A few days later I ford the Jordan River on a bus: Foot travel across Allenby Bridge checkpoint is strictly prohibited.
2
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
A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
This is not a videogame, this is real life! People get hurt! There is no restart from last checkpoint.
4
A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.

Etymology

From check + point.

verb

1
To set a checkpoint.

Forms

plural: checkpoints
past tense: checkpointed
past participle: checkpointed
present participle: checkpointing
third person singular: checkpoints

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checkpoint · 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.

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