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

Places

Pass, County Meath Pass is a townland in County Meath on the border between Meath and County Louth in Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, ...

, a townland in Ireland * Pass, Poland, a village in Poland *

Pass 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 lower place in a mountai ...

, an alternate term for a number of straits: see

List of straits This list of straits is an appendix to the article ''strait''. For "Strait of.." or for "The.. " see the first letter of the word which follows the article. A * Agate Pass – between Port Madison and mainland Kitsap County in Puget Sound * Ag ...

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) A pass is permission to be away from one's military unit for a limited period of time. Time away on a pass is not counted against leave, the annual allotment of days off from duty. Types of passes *''Normal off-duty hours'' — granted to pe ...

, 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 A press pass (alternatively referred to as a press card or a journalist pass) grants some type of special privilege to journalists. Some cards have recognized legal status; others merely indicate that the bearer is a practicing journalist. The na ...

, 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 A transit pass (North American English) or travel card (British English), often referred to as a bus pass or train pass etc. (in all English dialects), is a ticket that allows a passenger of the service to take either a certain number of pre-purch ...

, permitting travel, including: **

Boarding pass A boarding pass or boarding card is a document provided by an airline during airport check-in, giving a passenger permission to enter the restricted area of an airport (also known as the airside portion of the airport) and to board the airp ...

, allows a passenger to board an aircraft **

Continent pass A continent pass (usually called something like Europe (air)pass, Pacific (air)pass or American (air)pass) is a product and service of an airline alliance. For a relatively low price the traveler can travel freely using all intra-continental fligh ...

, a pass allowing air travel within a continent

People

A Pass Alexander Bagonza, better known by his stage name A Pass (and formerly APassKiller), is a Ugandan musician and songwriter. He was born in Uganda on 21 December 1989. A Pass states that his stage name comes from Alexander his last name and Pass ...

(born 1987), Ugandan musician *

Frank Alexander de Pass Frank Alexander de Pass Victoria Cross, VC (26 April 1887 – 25 November 1914) was an England, English recipient of the Victoria Cross, Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can b ...

, English soldier, first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I *

Joe Pass Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Pass is well known for his work stemming from numerous collaborations with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, an ...

(1929–1994), American jazz musician *

John Pass (poet) John Pass (born 1947 in Sheffield, England) is a Canadian poet. He has lived in Canada since 1953, and was educated at the University of British Columbia. He has published 21 books of poetry since 1971. His book ''Stumbling in the Bloom'' won the ...

(born 1947), British-born Canadian poet *

Nelson Pass Nelson Pass (born June 27, 1951) is a designer of audio amplifiers. Pass is vocal that listening tests remain valuable and that electrical measurements alone do not fully characterize the sound of an amplifier. Pass holds at least seven U.S. paten ...

(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 In the video game industry, a battle pass is a type of monetization approach that provides additional content for a game usually through a tiered system, rewarding the player with in-game items for playing the game and completing specific chal ...

, 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 The Pro-Am Sports System (better known as PASS Sports or simply PASS) was an American regional sports network that operated from 1984 to 1997. It also served as an affiliate of the Prime Network from 1988 to 1996. Based in Detroit, Michigan, the ...

, or PASS Sports, a former Detroit-area cable television channel

Businesses and organizations

The Pass Casino The Pass Casino, formerly the Eldorado Casino, is a casino in Henderson, Nevada, owned and operated by DeSimone Gaming. First opened in 1961, it was owned by Boyd Gaming from 1993 to 2020. The casino has over 350 slot machines, 6 table games ...

in Henderson, Nevada, United States *

Pass Labs Pass Labs is a high-end-audio company based in Auburn, California, United States founded by Nelson Pass, a well-known figure in the high-end audio community. The company was founded in 1991. Pass founded, and worked at, audio company Threshold, ...

, an audio company based in Foresthill, California, United States *

Professional Association for SQL Server PASS (formerly known as the Professional Association for SQL Server) was a global community for data professionals who use the Microsoft data platform. An independent, non-profit, user-run association, PASS was founded in 1999 with funds from Micro ...

, a global Microsoft SQL Server community group *

Professional Aviation Safety Specialists The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) is affiliated with the AFL–CIO through its affiliation with the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association. It represents more than 11,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of D ...

, 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 Supplemental instruction (SI) is an academic support model that uses peer learning to improve university student retention and student success in high-attrition courses.Blanc, Robert A., Larry E. DeBuhr, and Deanna C. Martin. “Breaking the Attrit ...

, 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 In South Africa, pass laws were a form of internal passport system designed to segregate the population, manage urbanization and allocate migrant labor. Also known as the natives' law, pass laws severely limited the movements of not only black ...

, apartheid laws in South Africa which limited the movement of some people *

Pass Plus Pass Plus Scheme commonly referred to as Pass Plus is a scheme run in the United Kingdom aimed at new drivers who have recently passed the standard driving test, which helps to give drivers the confidence to drive on their own and to increase e ...

, a UK scheme to improve driving skills among young drivers *

Palmetto Assessment of State Standards The Palmetto Assessment of State Standards is a United States standards-aligned test designed to meet No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements taken by students in the state of South Carolina. It is administered in grades 3–8 in writing, langua ...

(PASS), a standardized test taken in South Carolina, USA *

Proof of Age Standards Scheme PASS (the Proof of Age Standards Scheme) is a government-backed scheme in the UK that gives citizens a valid and accepted form of proof of age identification. The scheme is supported by the Home Office, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute ...

(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 Platform as a service (PaaS) or application platform as a service (aPaaS) or platform-based service is a category of cloud computing services that allows customers to provision, instantiate, run, and manage a modular bundle comprising a computin ...

, usually spelled PaaS, a category of cloud computing services

Other uses in science and technology

Pass (spaceflight) An orbital pass (or simply pass) is the period in which a spacecraft is above the local horizon, and thus available for line-of-sight communication with a given ground station, receiver, or relay satellite, or for visual sighting. The beginning ...

, the period in which a satellite or other spacecraft is visible above the local horizon *

PASS device A PASS device (Personal Alert Safety System) also known as a Distress Signal Unit (DSU) or ADSU (Automatic Distress Signal Unit), is a personal safety device used primarily by firefighters entering a hazardous or Immediately Dangerous to Life an ...

, 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) The Pass is a procedure that was introduced by Jacques Lacan in 1967 as a means of gathering data on a psychoanalysis and investigating its results. It was adopted as an institutional procedure in the École freudienne de Paris and later in the Wo ...

, 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 Basketball moves are generally individual actions used by players in basketball to pass by defenders to gain access to the basket or to get a clean pass to a teammate to score. Dribble Dribbling is bouncing the ball continuously with one ha ...

Forward pass In several forms of football, a forward pass is the throwing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line. The forward pass is one of the main distinguishers between gridiron ...

, 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) Passing the ball is a key part of association football. The purpose of passing is to keep possession of the ball by maneuvering it on the ground between different players with the objective of advancing it up the playing field. Passing brings an a ...

Pro All Stars Series The Pro All Stars Series is a stock car racing governing body active in the United States of America and Canada. The series started in 2001 and now sanctions various series including North, South, and National Super Late Model tours and a New Eng ...

, a super late model racing series * Rugby passes (disambiguation) *"The Pass", nickname for the 1996 CART

Monterey Grand Prix The Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey is an IndyCar Series race held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California. The event dates back to 1960, and became an American open wheel race in 1983. The race was part of the CART/Champ ...

Other uses

Pass (sleight of hand) Sleight of hand (also known as prestidigitation or ''legerdemain'' ()) refers to fine motor skills when used by performing artists in different art forms to entertain or manipulate. It is closely associated with close-up magic, card magic, card f ...

, a sleight of hand move *

Performer Availability Screening Services The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) is a non-profit industry trade group, trade association of the pornography and Sex industry, adult entertainment industry in the United States. Founded in 1991, it opposes the passage and enforcement of obscenity l ...

, a U.S. STI screening database