Checkpoint

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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
- Checkpoint Charlie, the best known crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War
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

Cell cycle checkpoint, control mechanisms in eukaryotic cell division
Postreplication checkpoint, prevents cell cycle progression until postreplication repair
Spindle checkpoint, prevents anaphase onset until all chromosomes are properly attached to the spindle

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 (Australian political periodical) 1969-1974
"Checkpoint" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a 2001 episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Checkpoint (1956 film), a 1956 British crime drama film
Checkpoint (2003 film), a documentary on checkpoints in the Occupied West Bank
Checkpoint (pinball), a 1991 pinball machine released by Data East
Checkpoint (Dutch TV show), a popular Dutch children's TV show
CheckPoint, a web series by sketch comedy group LoadingReadyRun

Application checkpointing, a method in computing whereby the state of a program is saved
Check Point, a software company that is best known for its firewall and VPN products
Checkpoint restart, a method for restarting a long software process at a point beyond its beginning
Transaction checkpoint, for recovery in data management

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
Orienteering checkpoint, a marked waypoint used in orienteering and related sports
Checkpoint Systems, a NYSE-traded public corporation
Checkpoint (rapid HIV testing facility), first rapid HIV testing facility in Europe based in Amsterdam