checkpoint

Meanings

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.
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.
3. A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
4. A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.

1. To set a checkpoint.

1. A sub-sitio in the sitio of Hilltop, barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.

Etymology

From check + point.