checkpoint in French
checkpoint in French is poste-frontière, point de contrôle, point de sauvegarde — checkpoint means a location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
checkpoint in French
poste-frontière
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.
point de contrôle
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.
point de sauvegarde
(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.
sauvegarde
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
What does "checkpoint" mean?
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noun A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
"Soldiers manned the checkpoint at the edge of town."
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noun In a video game, a saved point that a player can restart from after failing.
"The game saved my progress at the last checkpoint before I died."
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noun A point at which the state of a system or database is saved so it can be restored later.
"The server crashed, but it recovered from the last checkpoint."
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checkpoint in a sentence
- Soldiers manned the checkpoint at the edge of town.
- Traffic backed up for miles at the security checkpoint.
- The game saved my progress at the last checkpoint before I died.
- The server crashed, but it recovered from the last checkpoint.
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What is "checkpoint" in French?
"checkpoint" in French is poste-frontière, point de contrôle, point de sauvegarde. checkpoint means: A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
How do you use "checkpoint" in a sentence?
Example: "Soldiers manned the checkpoint at the edge of town." In French, "checkpoint" is poste-frontière, point de contrôle, point de sauvegarde.
Are there other ways to say "checkpoint" in French?
Yes — French has 4 translations listed for "checkpoint": poste-frontière, point de contrôle, point de sauvegarde, sauvegarde.
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