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breakpointing

breakpointing is the present participle and gerund of breakpoint.

Meaning of breakpoint

Verb

breakpoint (third-person singular simple present breakpoints, present participle breakpointing, simple past and past participle breakpointed)

  1. (transitive) To 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

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Questions about breakpointing

What is breakpointing the present participle and gerund of?
Breakpointing is the present participle and gerund of breakpoint.

Words near breakpointing in the dictionary

  1. breakout session
  2. breakout sessions
  3. breakouts
  4. breakpoint
  5. breakpointed
  6. breakpointing
  7. breakpoints
  8. breakproof
  9. breakroom
  10. breakrooms
  11. breaks

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