Описание тега checkout
Checkout is the process of finishing a transaction after using a shopping application for some time.
In a typical shopping application the user can add part to a shopping cart, before actually buying anything. The actual process of buying is the checkout process. It typically consists of providing or selecting shipping and/or billing address and providing some means of payments.
See also payment
The term "checkout" is also used in the context of version control systems. For those questions, use the vcs specific tags (e.g svn-checkout) or vcs-checkout