(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.
(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.
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
verb
To set a checkpoint.
chopsticks
chopsticks
noun
plural of chopstick
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
chutzpanik
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
kataphoric
kataphoric
adj
Alternative form of cataphoric
kittenship
kittenship
noun
The state or condition of a kitten; kittenhood.
knightship
knightship
noun
(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.
Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.
The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
kristopher
kristopher
Proper noun
name of modern usage, a rare spelling variant of Christopher.
peckhamite
phthisicky
phthisicky
adj
Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.
phytokinin
pickthatch
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
plinthlike
plinthlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a plinth.
skupshtina
spitchcock
spitchcock
noun
Eel prepared by spitchcocking.
verb
(transitive) To split (an eel) along the back and then broil it.