breakpoint

Pluralbreakpoints

Formsbreakpoints, breakpointing, breakpointed

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A spot in a computer program where it can be paused so you can check what is happening.

   Like a stop sign you put in the road so you can look around before going on.

   Add a breakpoint here to see what value the counter holds.

   The program stopped at the breakpoint so we could look at the code.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A screen width at which a web page changes how its parts are shown.

   Like a line on the floor: step past it and the room is set up a different way.

   The site uses a breakpoint to move the menu when the screen gets small.

   Below the breakpoint, the two columns become a single column.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   The place in the ocean or a lake where waves start to break.

   Like the exact spot where a tall wave folds over and crashes down.

   Surfers waited just past the breakpoint for the next big wave.

   The breakpoint shifts farther out when the tide is high.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A named place that forecasters use to mark where a storm warning starts or ends.

   Like a mile marker on a road that tells you exactly where something begins.

   The hurricane warning ran from one breakpoint to the next along the coast.

   Forecasters listed the city as a breakpoint for the storm watch.

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5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To mark a line of code in a program so it pauses there for checking.

   Like putting a sticky note on a page so you stop and read it.

   You can breakpoint the function to see why it fails.

   She breakpointed the loop and watched each step run.

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