"breakpoint" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: breakpoints [plural]
Etymology: break + point Etymology templates: {{compound|en|break|point}} break + point Head templates: {{en-noun}} breakpoint (plural breakpoints)
  1. (programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated. Categories (topical): Programming Translations ((computing) point in a program where operation may be interrupted): 斷點 (Chinese Mandarin), 断点 (duàndiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), kontrolpunkto (Esperanto), keskeytyskohta (Finnish), pysäytyspiste (Finnish), point d’arrêt [masculine] (French), Haltepunkt [masculine] (German), rofstaður [masculine] (Icelandic), ブレークポイント (burēkupointo) (Japanese), punct de oprire [neuter] (Romanian), то́чка остано́ва (tóčka ostanóva) [feminine] (Russian), điểm dừng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-breakpoint-en-noun-kg9flIPd Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of '(computing) point in a program where operation may be interrupted': 67 7 21 5
  2. (meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas. Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-breakpoint-en-noun-ap9~lTGI Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  3. (physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-breakpoint-en-noun-E756Zhjf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 17 45 5 15 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. (web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout. Categories (topical): Programming, Web design
    Sense id: en-breakpoint-en-noun-CkP5p9bt

Verb

Forms: breakpoints [present, singular, third-person], breakpointing [participle, present], breakpointed [participle, past], breakpointed [past]
Etymology: break + point Etymology templates: {{compound|en|break|point}} break + point Head templates: {{en-verb}} breakpoint (third-person singular simple present breakpoints, present participle breakpointing, simple past and past participle breakpointed)
  1. (programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: break point
    Sense id: en-breakpoint-en-verb-N5w4DNW9 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "breakpoint (third-person singular simple present breakpoints, present participle breakpointing, simple past and past participle breakpointed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "break point"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1981, Ben E. Cline, Microprogramming Concepts and Techniques, page 134",
          "text": "If the microprogrammer wishes to continue execution at a breakpointed location, it is desirable to execute the breakpointed microinstruction, replace the microinstruction with a branch microinstruction to restore the breakpoint, and continue microinstruction execution.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flag with a breakpoint."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
        ],
        [
          "breakpoint",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "breakpoint"
}

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