Checkpoint

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

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

Other

 * Counting point, a concept in logistics

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

Sports

 * 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