Associations to the word «Checkpoint»

Wiktionary

CHECKPOINT, 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
CHECKPOINT, 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
CHECKPOINT, 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.
CHECKPOINT, verb. To set a checkpoint

Dictionary definition

CHECKPOINT, noun. A place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King