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/ˈCHekˌpoint/,
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checkpoints, plural;
  1. A barrier or manned entrance, typically at a border, where travelers are subject to security checks

  2. A place along the route of a long-distance race where the time for each competitor is recorded

  3. A location whose exact position can be verified visually or electronically, used by pilots to aid navigation

  1. (checkpoint) a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
  2. (Checkpoint (biology)) Cell cycle checkpoints are control mechanisms that ensure the fidelity of cell division in eukaryotic cells. These checkpoints verify whether the processes at each phase of the cell cycle have been accurately completed before progression into the next phase. ...
  3. (Checkpoint (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)) "Checkpoint" is the twelfth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  4. (Checkpoint (film 2003)) Checkpoint is a 2003 documentary film by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir, showing the everyday interaction between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians at several of the regions Israel Defence Forces checkpoints. ...
  5. (Checkpoint (film)) Checkpoint is a 1956 British crime drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Anthony Steel, Odile Versois, Stanley Baker, and James Robertson Justice.
  6. (Checkpoint (novel)) Checkpoint is an American novel written by Nicholson Baker in 2004.
  7. (Checkpoint (pinball)) Checkpoint is a 1991 pinball machine released by Data East. The game had the first dot matrix display (DMD) ever used on a pinball game. It used a "half-height" DMD as compared to the standard DMD used by Williams.
  8. (Checkpoint) A team-level, time-driven review of progress.
  9. (checkpoint) Unlike the savepoint the checkpoint is only executed on request and only when all the transactions have been completed. When you start a complete data backup with checkpoint, all the transactions currently running are completed and no further write transactions are permitted. ...
  10. (Checkpoint) Also known as a control.
  11. (checkpoint) A conspicuous feature on the terrain used to check one's progress toward a destination
  12. (Checkpoint) A barrier built by the Israeli Defense Forces or Border Police to limit the movement of Palestinians who lack necessary permits. Normally, Israeli citizens and foreigners move through the checkpoints without being stopped. ...
  13. (Checkpoint) A location at which it is verified that mushers are actually following the trail. For continuous races, dogs are often checked at these points as well.
  14. (Checkpoint) A place in a program where a check or a recording of data for restart purposes is performed.
  15. (Checkpoint) A place on the course that you must visit to officially finish the race. Here you will get a signature or punch in your passport for proof of your visit.
  16. (Checkpoint) A predefined time in a project, usually upon completion of a phase, where a management decision is made as to the future direction of the project. ...
  17. (Checkpoint) An entry in the journal file that defines a position after which run-unit updates to the database can be reversed during recovery.
  18. (Checkpoint) An obstruction of traffic on a road or highway to inform the public of an emergency situation.
  19. (Checkpoint) Generally speaking, when data is saved to disk, it is said that a checkpoint has been reached. More specific to Cluster, it is a point in time where all committed transactions are stored on disk. ...
  20. (Checkpoint) One or more points in a race course where it is verified that the rider has passed through that point.  Reduces cheating (in theory).
  21. (Checkpoint) The act of persisting to disk the configuration, state, and all associated data necessary to support automatic restart of a running AutomationObject. The restarted object has the same configuration, state, and associated data as the last checkpoint image on disk.
  22. (Checkpoint) is a phase that acts as an intermediate stopping point in a graph to safeguard against failures. By assigning phases with checkpoints to a graph, you can recover completed stages of the graph if failure occurs.
  23. (checkpoint (CKP)) (JP 1-02, NATO)- 1. A predetermined point on the surface of the earth used as a means of controlling movement, a registration target for fire adjustment, or reference for location. 2. Center of impact; a burst center. 3. ...
  24. (checkpoint) (1) A sequence of instructions in a computer program for recording the status of execution for restarting. T. (2) A point at which information about the status of a job and the system can be recorded so that the job step can be later restarted. IBM.
  25. (checkpoint) 1. the point where a unit calls their base to inform them of mission progress. 2. a spot where Military Police or others check passing cars and personnel.