(nautical) A short line, stitched through a sail, for tying a reef

plural of point release

(software) A software release that is only slightly different from a previous version and thus having the same major version number, only differing in minor version number (after the decimal point).

simple past tense and past participle of point the bone

present participle of point the bone

(computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.

(computing, Microsoft Windows) An extension to an NTFS object that determines how it will be treated by the operating system.

(computing) An isometric joystick used as a pointing device.

(spectroscopy) A specific wavelength at which two chemical species have the same molar absorptivity.

(mechanics) The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break. / (figuratively) The point at which a person or system succumbs to stresses or pressures and descends into crisis.