noun

breakpoint

breakpoint, stopping point

The programmer set a breakpoint in the code.

The programmer set a breakpoint in the code.

We reached a breakpoint in the negotiations.

We reached a breakpoint in the negotiations.

a breakpoint ((in sth.)) a point of interruption in something The programmer set a breakpoint in the code.

Synonyms: stopping point, cutoff, interruption

From 'break' + 'point'. Literally a point at which a break or pause occurs.

Imagine a point in a computer program where execution 'breaks' or pauses for debugging.

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