breakpoint
n.n. a place in a computer program where you tell it to stop so you can check for errors. It is also a point where a process or system changes suddenly.
n. an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program's execution, typically used for debugging. In broader technical contexts, it refers to a threshold at which a significant change in physical or systemic behavior occurs.
The developer set a breakpoint to find the bug in the code.
After the software crashed repeatedly, the engineer added a breakpoint at the start of the login function to inspect the variables.
In structural engineering, the breakpoint represents the specific level of stress at which a material can no longer maintain its integrity and begins to fail.
Commonly used in software development and materials science.
- Verbpinpoint
- Nounbreakpoint
- Nouncheckpoint
- Nouncounterpoint
- Nounpoint
- Nounpointer
- Nounpunctuation
- Adjectivepointed
- Adjectivepointless
- Adjectivepointy
- Adjectivepunctual