Checkpoint

Checkpoint may refer to:

The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: checkpoint and checkpoints.

Places
  • Border checkpoint, a place on the land border between two states where travellers and/or goods are inspected
  • Security checkpoint, erected and enforced within contiguous areas under military or paramilitary control
  • Random checkpoint, a police or military checkpoint that is moved to various locations
  • Weigh station, a highway checkpoint to inspect vehicular weights

Arts and entertainment
  • Checkpoint (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
  • Checkpoint (Transformers), two fictional characters in the Transformers universes
  • Checkpoint (novel), a 2004 novel by Nicholson Baker
  • Checkpoint (journal), 1969-1974
  • Checkpoint (pinball), a 1991 pinball machine released by Data East
  • Checkpoint (video gaming), locations in a video game where a player character respawns after death
  • CheckPoint, a web series by sketch comedy group LoadingReadyRun

Film and television
  • Checkpoint (1956 film), a British crime drama film
  • Checkpoint (2003 film), a documentary on checkpoints in the Occupied West Bank
  • Checkpoint (Dutch TV show), a popular Dutch children's TV show
  • "Checkpoint" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a 2001 episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Science and technology
  • Counting point, a concept in logistics

Biology
  • Cell cycle checkpoint, control mechanisms in eukaryotic cell division
    • G1 restriction point
    • S postreplication checkpoint, prevents cell cycle progression until postreplication repair
    • G2-M DNA damage checkpoint
    • M spindle checkpoint, prevents anaphase onset until all chromosomes are properly attached to the spindle
  • Immune checkpoint

Computing
  • Application checkpointing, a method in computing whereby the state of a program is saved
  • Transaction checkpoint, for recovery in data management

Organisations
  • Checkpoint Systems, a provider of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry
  • Checkpoint (rapid HIV testing facility), a former HIV testing facility based in Amsterdam
  • Check Point, a software company that is best known for its firewall and VPN products
  • Checkpoint, a tax and accounting database produced by Thomson Reuters

Sports
  • Control point (orienteering) or checkpoint, a marked waypoint used in orienteering and related sports
  • Racing checkpoint, a specific point partway through a racing course where a contestant's subtotal time is recorded
  • Checkpoint Charlie, a crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War
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