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Checkpoint may refer to:
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
- Waypoint, a reference point in physical space used for purposes of navigation
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, a long-running current affairs programme on RNZ National
- Checkpoint (video gaming), a point in a video game at which a player may restart if their character is killed or they lose the game
- 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
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
Other uses
- Control point (orienteering) or checkpoint, a marked waypoint used in orienteering and related sports
See also
- Checkpoint Charlie, the best known crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War
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