What does Checkpoint mean?
Definitions for Checkpoint
ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪntcheck·point
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Princeton's WordNet
checkpointnoun
a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
Wiktionary
checkpointnoun
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
The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.
checkpointnoun
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
After the crash, we rolled back the database to the last checkpoint.
checkpointnoun
A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
checkpointverb
To set a checkpoint
ChatGPT
checkpoint
A checkpoint is a point or stage of verification and confirmation during a process or event. It evaluates if certain criteria, levels, or conditions have been met before proceeding further. Checkpoints are used for a variety of purposes such as quality control, security measures, or progress monitoring in a wide range of fields.
Wikidata
Checkpoint
"Checkpoint" is the twelfth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
checkpoint
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. Geographical location on land or water above which the position of an aircraft in flight may be determined by observation or by electrical means. 4. A place where military police check vehicular or pedestrian traffic in order to enforce circulation control measures and other laws, orders, and regulations.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Checkpoint in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Checkpoint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Checkpoint in a Sentence
Immuno-oncology is just at the beginning of its development, frankly, I think it won't be enough to just remove a checkpoint inhibitor because it is also important to activate the immune system.
Once they get those papers saying they can pass through our checkpoint, we’ll never see them again.
Security forces were at their checkpoint in Almar’s main market when the suicide bomber detonated his explosives.
New York Criminal Defense Attorney Julie Rendelman:
Obviously, the concern is always that, God forbid, something happens tomorrow where an individual provides a drunk driver information that a checkpoint is ahead -- he avoids it -- and kills two people. Then people are going to start to ask those questions of: Should the person who provided that information also be held criminally responsible?
We sang at an airport checkpoint for a TSA agent, we've gone to Indiana University Hospital and wore surgical masks to sing for a person who had received a liver transplant. The superintendent of the Indiana School for the Blind hired us to sing on the intercom for the teachers and staff. We do video singing Valentines that have gone to the military deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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- نقطة تفتيشArabic
- přechodCzech
- Kontrollpunkt, KontrollstelleGerman
- control, puesto de controlSpanish
- ایست بازرسیPersian
- tarkastuspisteFinnish
- point de contrôleFrench
- जांच की चौकीHindi
- posto di bloccoItalian
- מחסוםHebrew
- チェックポイントJapanese
- doorlaatpost, checkpointDutch
- sjekkpunktNorwegian
- punkt kontrolnyPolish
- posto de controlePortuguese
- пункт пропуска, КППRussian
- контролна тачкаSerbo-Croatian
- சோதனைச்சாவடிTamil
- తనిఖీ కేంద్రంTelugu
- 检查站Chinese
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