Checkpoint may refer to:
- Border checkpoint
- Checkpoint Charlie, a crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War
- Civilian checkpoint, erected and enforced within contiguous areas under military or paramilitary control
- Waypoint, a reference point in physical space used for purposes of navigation
- Checkpoint (Transformers), two fictional characters in the Transformers universes. It has been suggested to create a new article named Checkpoint (security and that this article should be a sub-article to the new article Checkpoint Charlie was the name given by the Western Allies to a crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War It has been suggested that this article be merged with Random checkpoint to create a new article named Checkpoint (security Sobriety checkpoints or roadblocks involve law enforcement officials stopping every vehicle (or more typically every n th vehicle on a public roadway and investigating A weigh station is a checkpoint along a highway to inspect vehicular weights A waypoint is a reference point in physical space used for purposes of Navigation. Adventure racing is a combination of two or more disciplines including Orienteering and Navigation, Cross-country running, Mountain biking Checkpoint is the name of two Fictional characters in the Transformers universes.
- Check Point, a software company that is best known for its firewall and VPN products
- Cell cycle checkpoint, control mechanisms in eukaryotic cell division
- Postreplication checkpoint, prevents cell cycle progression until postreplication repair
- Checkpoint (novel), a novel by Nicholson Baker
- "Checkpoint" (Buffy episode), an episode of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Transaction checkpoint, for recovery in data management
- Application checkpointing - a method in computing where the state of a program is saved
- The English title for the 2003 documentary Machssomim. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd ( is a hardware and software company that is best known for its firewall and VPN products Cell cycle checkpoints are control mechanisms that ensure the fidelity of cell division in Eukaryotic cells. Postreplication Checkpoint When the genomic DNA of eukaryotic cells becomes damaged by spontaneous processes chemical mutagens or sunlight exposure the replication of damaged Checkpoint is an American novel written by Nicholson Baker in 2004. A Transaction Processing System To be considered a transaction processing system the computer must pass the ACID test. Checkpointing is a technique for inserting Fault tolerance into Computing systems
- Checkpoint a thriller movie. .
Dictionary
checkpoint
-noun
- A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
- (computing) a situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned to in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs.
- (video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
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