Breakpoint

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  breakpoint
       
           A point in a {program} that, when reached,
          triggers some special behavior useful to the process of
          {debugging}; generally, breakpoints are used to either pause
          program {execution}, and/or {dump} the values of some or all


          of the program {variables}.  Breakpoints may be part of the
          program itself; or they may be set by the programmer as part
          of an {interactive} session with a debugging tool for
          scrutinizing the program's execution.
       
          (1999-06-07)