breakpoint

plural breakpoints

1. computingA 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.
2. climatologyA location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
3. natural sciencesThe point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
4. web developmentA viewport width at which a web page is programmed to adjust the properties (such as position, size, or visibility) of certain elements within the page.

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   If a device's screen width is equal to, or less than, the screen width defined at the breakpoint, it will have the related CSS applied to it. You sometimes want to set breakpoints to match particular device screen widths, but I have found that what is most important is simply that the layout remains usable as it gets smaller.

   2012, Charles Wyke-Smith, Stylin' with CSS: A Designer's Guide

present singular third person breakpoints · participle present breakpointing · participle past breakpointed · past breakpointed

1. transitivecomputingTo flag with a breakpoint.

   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.

   1981, Ben E. Cline, Microprogramming Concepts and Techniques, page 134