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  Checkpoint may refer to:

  • Border checkpoint
    Border checkpoint

    A border checkpoint is, as its name suggests, a place on the List of land border lengths between two states where the travellers and / or goods are inspected....
    • Checkpoint Charlie
      Checkpoint Charlie

      Checkpoint Charlie" Checkpoint C" was the name given by the Western Allies to a crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, located at the junction of Friedrichstra?e with Zimmerstra?e and Mauerstra?e, ....
      , a crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War
  • Civilian checkpoint
    Civilian checkpoint

    Civilian checkpoints are distinguishable from border checkpoint or frontier checkpoints in that they are erected and enforced within contiguous areas under military or paramilitary control....
    , erected and enforced within contiguous areas under military or paramilitary control
    • Sobriety checkpoint, stopping vehicles on a public roadway looking for impaired drivers
    • Weigh station
      Weigh station

      A weigh station is a checkpoint along a highway to inspect vehicular weights. Usually, trucks and commercial vehicles are subject to the inspection....
      , a highway checkpoint to inspect vehicular weights
  • Waypoint
    Waypoint

    A waypoint is a reference point in physical space used for purposes of navigation....
    , a reference point in physical space used for purposes of navigation
    • Checkpoint (video gaming), a point in a computer or video game at which a player may restart if he is "killed" or loses the game
    • Adventure race checkpoint,
    • Orienteering checkpoint
      Control point (orienteering)

      A control point is a marked waypoint used in orienteering and related sports such as rogaining and adventure racing. It is located in the competition area; marked both on an orienteering map and in the terrain; and described on a control description sheet....
  • Checkpoint (Transformers)
    Checkpoint (Transformers)

    Checkpoint is the name of two fictional characters in the Transformers universes....
    , two fictional characters in the Transformers universes
  • Check Point
    Check Point

    Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a hardware and software company that is best known for its firewall and VPN products. The company was founded in 1993 in Ramat-Gan, Israel, by Gil Shwed, Shlomo Kramer, and Marius Nacht....
    , a software company that is best known for its firewall and VPN products
  • Cell cycle checkpoint
    Cell cycle checkpoint

    Cell cycle checkpoints are control mechanisms that ensure the fidelity of cell division in eukaryotic cell . These checkpoints verify whether the processes at each phase of the cell cycle have been accurately completed before progression into the next phase....
    , control mechanisms in eukaryotic cell division
  • Postreplication checkpoint
    Postreplication checkpoint

    Postreplication CheckpointWhen the genomic DNA of eukaryotic cells becomes damaged by spontaneous processes, chemical mutagens, or sunlight exposure, the replication of damaged DNA triggers a cellular response called a postreplication checkpoint....
    , prevents cell cycle progression until postreplication repair
  • Checkpoint (novel)
    Checkpoint (novel)

    Checkpoint is an American novel written by Nicholson Baker in 2004....
    , a novel by Nicholson Baker
  • "Checkpoint" (Buffy episode)
    Checkpoint (Buffy episode)

    "Checkpoint" is the twelfth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer ....
    , an episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Transaction checkpoint, for recovery in data management
  • Application checkpointing
    Application checkpointing

    Checkpointing is a technique for inserting fault tolerance into computing systems. It basically consists on storing a snapshot of the current Application software state, and use it for restarting the execution in case of failure....
    , a method in computing whereby the state of a program is saved
  • Checkpoint-restart
    Checkpoint restart

    Checkpoint restart is a facility offered by some database management systems and backup-restore software. Checkpoints are taken in anticipation of the potential need to restart a software process....
    , a method for restarting a long software process at a point beyond its beginning
  • The English title for the 2003 documentary Machssomim
  • Checkpoint
    Checkpoint (film)

    Checkpoint is a 1956 in film British crime film drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Anthony Steel, Odile Versois, Stanley Baker, and James Robertson Justice....
     a 1956 film.