watchpoint
noun
watchpoint is a noun meaning “A debugging mechanism whereby execution is suspended every time a specified memory location is modified; or, any of various similar such mechanisms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-A-T-C-H-P-O-I-N-T, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of watchpoint is watchpoints.
What does watchpoint mean?
noun
- 1
A debugging mechanism whereby execution is suspended every time a specified memory location is modified; or, any of various similar such mechanisms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of watchpoint
- watchpoints plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is watchpoint?
Watchpoint appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does watchpoint come from?
From watch + point, on the model of breakpoint.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).