Enlighten by your answer to this technical term

[norman]

Hi All,
I recently coded a big C program and when I ran this program I could not get the required result as output. I was asked to include breakpoint. What does the terminology breakpoint mean? Why and in what scenario programmers use this. If someone could enlighten my knowledge on this I can use this in my program and also in my future programming when needed.

Regards,
Norman

[Allan]

Hi,
I do not have an exact answer for this question. Most technical terms get their names from their functionality. So going by this I believe that this breakpoint has something to do with breaking of codes. Hope someone would be able to give a brief answer

Regards,
Allan

[blenda]

Hi,
I think breakpoint is used for error checking purpose. Since debuggers are tools used to find error checking, I think breakpoint could be a debugger. Rather than having a pure knowledge I go by logical reasoning to arrive at this answer. So someone who have a good knowledge would be able to clarify

Regards,
Blenda