checkpoint

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place, often on a road or border, where people are stopped and checked.

   The soldiers stopped every car at the checkpoint.

2. 2
   noun

   A point in a video game that you can return to if you fail or restart.

   He died right before reaching the next checkpoint in the game.

3. 3
   noun

   A stage at which the state of a computer system is saved so it can be restored later.

   After the crash, they rolled the database back to the last checkpoint.

From check + point.

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