breakpoint

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• Location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
• The point where surface water waves are breaking in e.g. oceans or lakes.
• A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.

Verb

• To flag with a breakpoint.

Origin

• break + point