checkpoint

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Synonyms: check point, checkpoints, checkpost

Antonyms: check point, checkpoints, checkpost

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Noun

1. A point or place where a [[check]] is performed, especially a point along a [[road]] or on a [[frontier]] where [[traveller]]s are stopped for [[inspection]].
2. {{lb|en|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 [[backup]]s and [[log]]s; the [[data]] stored at this event.
3. {{lb|en|video games}} A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
4. {{lb|en|biology}} A [[biological]] [[control]] [[mechanism]] ensuring correct [[progression]] through the [[cell cycle]].

Verb

1. To set a checkpoint.

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|sub-sitio|sitio:pref/Hilltop|barangay:pref/Ambuclao|mun/Bokod|p/Benguet|c/Philippines}}.

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