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punto de control — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • checkpoint noun A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.

Senses

punto de control is used for these senses in English:

  • checkpoint (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.
  • checkpoint (video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.

checkpoint — full definition

  1. noun A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
  2. noun In a video game, a saved point that a player can restart from after failing.
  3. noun A point at which the state of a system or database is saved so it can be restored later.

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