1. Points in a program where execution is paused to allow inspection of the program state during debugging.
Usage: computing; plural form of breakpoint
2. Critical points or thresholds at which a significant change or shift occurs.
Usage: general usage

Examples

• The developer set breakpoints in the code to identify where the bug was occurring.
• She used breakpoints to step through the function line by line.
• The debugger stopped at each of the breakpoints we had configured.
• Economic breakpoints often signal shifts in market behavior.
• The study identified several breakpoints in the data that warranted further investigation.