checkpoint

Definition of checkpoint in English English dictionary: 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
The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint.; 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 to 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.; To set a checkpoint; A point at which DB2 UDB for OS/390 records internal status information on the log; the recovery process uses this information if the subsystem abnormally terminates; (Army) a predetermined point on the ground used to control movement, tactical maneuver, and orientation (FM 3-90); An event in a series of transactions that can be used to rollback transactions in the event of a failure Also a HDLC error recovery mechanism; A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection; Similar to the Full Checkpoint, but in the case of a "fuzzy" checkpoint, pages with DML operations would not be copied or synched to their respective chunks They are noted in the logical logs, including the position in the log of the oldest update; a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance; is one of seven places where they have to stop during the race; a required stop where the musher and team can rest, eat, pick up supplies, and take care of their team Each musher must sign in, sleds are checked for required items, dogs are examined by a veterinarian It can be a town/village or just a camp set up in the middle of nowhere; A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked. a place, especially on a border, where an official person examines vehicles or people; (1) A sequence of instructions in a computer program for recording the status of execution for restarting T (2) A point at which information about the status of a job and the system can be recorded so that the job step can be later restarted IBM; Checkpoints are formal and informal meetings which establish Go/No-Go approval to continue with project development Some checkpoint meetings are required to obtain project team managers and/or functional staff signatures of approval These signatures indicate that the required deliverables, as specified by the life cycle documentation, are available and complete, and that approval has been given to continue with full scale development of the next phase These meetings are held at the end of certain phases of development, and are open to all parties concerned (e g , product team, technical marketing, outbound marketing, finance) To help meet the goals of these meetings, a recommended set of discussion questions for each checkpoint should be outlined in the life cycle documentation; To capture the current state of processes within a system See Persistent; A synchronization point between data files and redo log files Every changed block is written back to disk from memory, and the redo log records a checkpoint sequence number to indicate that all changes up to this point are now on disk; A checkpoint occurs when the DBWR (database writer) process writes all modified buffers in the SGA buffer cache to the database data files Checkpoints occur AFTER (not during) every redo log switch and also at intervals specified by means of database parameters Set parameter LOG_CHECKPOINTS_TO_ALERT=TRUE to observe checkpoint start and end times in the database alert log Checkpoints can be forced with the "ALTER SYSTEM CHECKPOINT;" command; Roadblocks at which Palestinians are forced to show their ID Cards to IDF personnel Much of the harassment in the territories occurs at checkpoints in the form of body and car searches, or simply being made to wait for hours on end; The mechanism Frontier™ uses to capture the state of a task in order to minimize the amount of computational work lost due to interruptions during task execution; A point at which IMS automatically records its internal status--system control information with a unique checkpoint ID--and writes it to the restart data set (RDS) This information allows IMS to reconstruct its condition if later recovery is necessary A system checkpoint is taken automatically by IMS at selected intervals; a synchronization point is taken whenever an application program requests one System checkpoints can also be requested by the master terminal operator; The end of a level Each time you reach a checkpoint, you can enter a shop to buy and repair parts; An entry in the journal file that defines a position after which run-unit updates to the database can be reversed during recovery; In a server cluster node's registry, a snapshot of the cluster hive or of an application key; the checkpoint is written to the quorum disk when certain events take place, such as a node failure See also cluster database; cluster hive; A consistent snapshot of a system state (the state of all pages and nodes, and therefore of data and keys) from which a restart can occur Checkpoints are insurance in case of system (hardware or software) failure See "Journaling" and "Persistent virtual memory"; An identified snapshot of a database or a point at which the transactions against the database have been frozen; The location from which a programmer must forget in order to be successful; {i} inspection point (generally on a road or border); Unlike the savepoint the checkpoint is only executed on request and only when all the transactions have been completed When you start a complete data backup with checkpoint, all the transactions currently running are completed and no further write transactions are permitted All the amended pages held in the data cache are then written from the cache to disk to ensure that the status of the data devspaces of the database remains consistent Pending transactions (ones started after the checkpoint was requested) are not run until the checkpoint has been completed This produces a totally consistent data backup which you can use to restore the database to its full state at the time of the checkpoint without the need for restoring any additional log backups; A checkpoint occurs when DBWR writes all modified buffers in the SGA to the database files Checkpoints occur at every redo log switch and also at intervals specified by the DBA; Stores a checkpoint, which allows later restoring the state of Livingstone to this point; 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 to in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; (n ) A place in a computer program at which a check is made, or at which a recording of data is made for restart purposes; A strategic position from which traffic movement can be observed and controlled (CIMS)
Checkpoint Charlie: famous checkpoint that served as a crossing point between East and West Berlin from 1961-1990 (considered a symbol of the "Iron Curtain")
Checkpoint Charlie: the best-known checkpoint in the Berlin Wall between what was formerly East and West Germany
Erez checkpoint: regulated crossing point between the Palestinian Authority and Israel in Northern Gaza
checkpoints: A set of conditions that well-formed artifacts of a particular type should exhibit May also be stated in the form of questions which should be answered in the affirmative
checkpoints: plural of checkpoint
sobriety checkpoint: a place in the road where the police stop vehicles so they can test drivers to see if they have drunk too much alcohol or used illegal drugs

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çekpoynt

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/ˈʧekˌpoint/ /ˈʧɛkˌpɔɪnt/

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