Checkpoint

Checkpoint may refer to:

• 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

• 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 games), locations in a video game where a player character respawns after death
• CheckPoint, a web series by sketch comedy group LoadingReadyRun

• 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
• Checkpost (film), a 1974 Indian film

• Counting point, a concept in logistics

• 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

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

• 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

• 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