How to pronounce “checkpoint”

Meaning

• [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.
• (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.
• (video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
• (biology) A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.
• [Verb]
• To set a checkpoint.

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