checkpoint
noun
Definitions
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
Example: 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 in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
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.
Example: You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
verb
Definitions
To set a checkpoint.