checkpoint
/ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/ noun B2- 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.· Since this was rebel country, checkpoints were set up along the road.
- 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.
- A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart. · You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
- A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.
Plural checkpoints
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However, the olfactory system completely bypasses this neurological checkpoint, taking a far more direct route through the brain.
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