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check⋅point
[chek-point] 
–noun
| 1. | a place along a road, border, etc., where travelers are stopped for inspection. |
| 2. | a point or item, esp. in a procedure, for notation, inspection, or confirmation. |
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| check·point (chěk'point') n. A point where a check is performed: Vehicles are stopped at several checkpoints along the border. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: check·point
Function: noun
: a point at which an inspection or investigation is performed checkpoint to uncover drunk drivers>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Language Translation for : checkpoint
Spanish:
control,
German:
der Kontrollpunkt,
Japanese:
検問所
checkpoint programming
Saving the current state of a program and its data, including intermediate results, to disk or other non-volatile storage, so that if interrupted the program could be restarted at the point at which the last checkpoint occurred.
This facility came into popular use in mainframe operating systemss such as OS/360 in which programs frequently ran for longer than the mean time between system failures. If a program run fails because of some event beyond the program's control (e.g. hardware or operating system failure) then the processor time invested before the checkpoint will not have been wasted.
(1995-02-07)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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