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Checkpoint vs Alleycat - What's the difference?

checkpoint | alleycat |

As nouns the difference between checkpoint and alleycat

is that checkpoint is 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 while alleycat is .

As a verb checkpoint

is to set a checkpoint.

checkpoint

English

(wikipedia checkpoint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
    • The travellers were stopped at the checkpoint .
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • A few days later I ford the Jordan River on a bus: Foot travel across Allenby Bridge checkpoint is strictly prohibited.
  • (computing) 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
    • After the crash, we rolled back the database to the last checkpoint .
  • (video games) 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.
    • You can't finish the race if you haven't passed all of the checkpoints on the track.
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2010-03-08 , title = (Chuck Versus the Beard) , series = , season = 3 , number = 9 , people = (Zachary Levi) , role = (Chuck Bartowski) , at = 20:40 , passage = This is not a videogame, this is real life! People get hurt! There is no restart from last checkpoint . }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set a checkpoint

    • alleycat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 29 , author=Kevin Mitchell , title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Having dropped just nine games in two matches – two short of Jimmy Connors's 1980 record– Federer was reduced to fighting like an alleycat .  }}
  • An informal bicycle race with checkpoints.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 9, author=Colin Moynihan, title=Add Alleycat Races to List of Bike Messengers’ Risks, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=There are also competitions called alleycats , in which bicyclists pick their own routes between a series of checkpoints where monitors stamp their paper manifests. }}