American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. A point where a check is performed: Vehicles are
stopped at several checkpoints along the border. - n. 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 - n. 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 - n. video games 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. - v. To set a checkpoint
GNU Webster's 1913 - n. a place (as at a frontier) where
travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance. - n. a
place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for
inspection and clearance “To the right of the checkpoint is the
Erez industrial area.” “Busiest times: