Point

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Point or points may refer to the following:

Basis point, 1/100 of one percent, denoted bp, bps, and ‱
Pivot point, a price level of significance in analysis of a financial market that is used as a predictive indicator of market movement
Point (mortgage), a percentage sometimes referred to as a form of pre-paid interest used to reduce interest rates in a mortgage loan
Reward points (see loyalty program), marketing strategy
Vigorish point, the commission charged on a gambling bet or loanshark's loan

Points, a contact breaker in an ignition system
Points, a railroad switch (British English)
Points of sail, a sailing boat's course in relation to wind direction
Projectile point, a hafted archaeological artifact used as a knife or projectile tip

Compass point, one of the 32 directions on a traditional compass, equal to one eighth of a right angle (11.25 degrees)
Point (gemstone), 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat
Point, in hunting, the number of antler tips on the hunted animal (e.g.: 9 point buck)
Point, for describing paper-stock thickness, a synonym of mil and thou (one thousandth of an inch)
Point (typography), a measurement used in printing, the meaning of which has changed over time
Paris point, 2/3 cm, used for shoe sizes 3 cm

Point (coat color), animal fur coloration of the extremities
Point, a data element in a SCADA system representing a single input or output
Point Mutation, a change in a single nucleotide and therefore in a specific codon

Point, a fielding position in cricket
Point, a unit of the score (game) in some sports and games:
- Point (basketball), units obtained by scoring baskets during a game
- Point (tennis), the smallest unit of scoring in tennis
- Point, in ice hockey or lacrosse, a goal or assist a player earns during a game
Points decision in boxing and some other fighting sports
The point (ice hockey), the location of an ice hockey player
Point guard, in basketball
Points (association football)

Point, in specialized character sets (e.g.: dot in Morse code, dots in Braille)
Point, in typography, a dot character (e.g.: full stop, interpunct, decimal point, radix point)
Point Class Cutter, a small vessel formerly used as a patrol craft by the United States Coast Guard
Point man, the lead soldier or vehicle in a patrol
Point of order, a matter raised during a debate concerning the rules of debating themselves
Point system (driving), a system of demerits for driving offenses
Vowel points: niqqud for the Hebrew language and harakat for Arabic
En pointe, a technique in ballet