Pass, PASS, The Pass or Passed may refer to:

Places

* Pass, County Meath, a townland in Ireland * Pass, Poland, a village in Poland * Pass, an alternate term for a number of straits: see List of straits *

Mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...

, a lower place in a mountain range allowing easier passage

Permissions

* Pass (military), permission for military personnel to be away from their unit *

Backstage pass A backstage pass is a credential which allows its bearer access to restricted areas at a performance or conference venue, most commonly associated with rock or R&B music groups, though have since become commonplace across many entertainment event ...

, allows admission to backstage areas of a performance venue * Press pass, grants special privilege or access to journalists *

Season ticket A season ticket, or season pass, is a ticket that grants privileges over a defined period of time. History The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' has illustrative quotations which show the term ''season ticket'' used in the United States in 1820 ...

, or season pass *

Ticket (admission) A ticket is a voucher that indicates that an individual is entitled to admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre, amusement park, or tourist attraction, or has a right to travel on a vehicle, such as with an airline ticket, ...

, also called a pass * Transit pass, permitting travel, including: ** Boarding pass, allows a passenger to board an aircraft ** Continent pass, a pass allowing air travel within a continent

People

* A Pass (born 1987), Ugandan musician * Frank Alexander de Pass, English soldier, first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I * Joe Pass (1929–1994), American jazz musician * John Pass (poet) (born 1947), British-born Canadian poet * Nelson Pass (born 1951), American designer of audio amplifiers *

Patrick Pass Patrick Pass (born December 31, 1977) is an American football coach and former fullback, who is currently the director of football personnel development for the Massachusetts Pirates of the Indoor Football League. He was drafted by the New Eng ...

(born 1977), American football player

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Battle pass, a type of monetization and reward system in video games *

Pass (cards) The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge, Hearts, Poker or Rummy), ...

, to make no bid when it is one's turn to do so * A type of

card manipulation Card manipulation is the branch of magic that deals with creating effects using sleight of hand techniques involving playing cards. Card manipulation is often used in magical performances, especially in close-up, parlor, and street magic. Some ...

in close-up magic *

Passed (band) Passed is a Hungarian indie electronic pop band. Their influences include Gabor Szabo and Carlos Santana. The members are twins of Polish origin, singer Dorottya and harpist Fanni Nizalowski from Budapest, bassist Dávid Godzsák, an ethnic Hun ...

, a Hungarian band formed in the summer of 2014 * "The Pass" (song), a song by the band Rush, from their 1989 album ''Presto'' * ''The Pass'' (1988 film), a Soviet animated short film * ''The Pass'' (2016 film), a film by Ben A. Williams based on the play by John Donnelly about football and homosexuality * Pro-Am Sports System, or PASS Sports, a former Detroit-area cable television channel

Businesses and organizations

* The Pass Casino in Henderson, Nevada, United States * Pass Labs, an audio company based in Foresthill, California, United States * Professional Association for SQL Server, a global Microsoft SQL Server community group * Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, an AFL–CIO affiliated union

Education

* Pass, a term used in grading to indicate a student has successfully completed academic requirements * Peer-Assisted Study Sessions, an academic support program often used in higher education

Law and government

Pass (legislature) A reading of a bill is a stage of debate on the bill held by a general body of a legislature. In the Westminster system, developed in the United Kingdom, there are generally three readings of a bill as it passes through the stages of becoming, ...

, the action of approving a proposed law * Pass laws, apartheid laws in South Africa which limited the movement of some people * Pass Plus, a UK scheme to improve driving skills among young drivers * Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS), a standardized test taken in South Carolina, USA * Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS), an age identification program in the UK

Science and technology

Computing

Pass (software) pass is a password manager inspired by the Unix philosophy. It has a command-line interface, and uses GnuPG for encryption and decryption of stored passwords. The passwords are encrypted and stored in separate files, and can be organized via the o ...

, a command line based password manager for Unix systems *

PASS Sample Size Software PASS is a computer program for estimating sample size or determining the power of a statistical test or confidence interval. NCSS LLC is the company that produces PASS. NCSS LLC also produces NCSS (for statistical analysis). PASS includes over ...

, a computer program for estimating sample size * Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive Theory, a learning and intelligence model * Platform as a service, usually spelled PaaS, a category of cloud computing services

Other uses in science and technology

* Pass (spaceflight), the period in which a satellite or other spacecraft is visible above the local horizon * PASS device, a personal safety device used by firefighters entering a hazardous environment *

Plasma Acoustic Shield System The Plasma Acoustic Shield System, or PASS, is in the process of being developed by Stellar Photonics. The company received a $2.7 million contract from the U.S. Government to build the PASS. It is part of a project supervised by the United States ...

, a disorientating weapon based on plasma explosions * The Pass (psychoanalysis), a procedure

Sport

Pass (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a pass is the movement of the puck from one player to another, usually by a motion of the stick. A pass differs from a shot, in that a pass is typically weaker than a shot and is not directed at the opponent's net with the inten ...

, the movement of the puck from one player to another * Basketball pass * Forward pass, in American and Canadian football *

Lateral pass In gridiron football, a lateral pass or lateral (officially backward pass in American football and onside pass in Canadian football) occurs when the ball carrier throws the football to a teammate in a direction parallel to or away from the oppon ...

or onside pass, in American and Canadian football respectively * Passing (association football) * Pro All Stars Series, a super late model racing series *

Rugby passes (disambiguation) Rugby passes may refer to play in different sports: * Passes in rugby league * Passes in rugby union {{Disambig ...

*"The Pass", nickname for the 1996 CART Monterey Grand Prix

Other uses

* Pass (sleight of hand), a sleight of hand move *

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, a U.S. STI screening database