breakpoint [breyk-point] WORD ORIGIN noun a convenient point at which to make a change, interruption, etc. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of breakpoint break + point Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for breakpoint breakpoint noun computing
- an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
- the point in a program at which such an instruction operates
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