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. Townlands of County Meath {{Meath-geo-stub ...

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

El Paso, Texas El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...

, a city which translates to "The Pass" * 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 mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration t ...

, 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, 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 n ...

, 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 18 ...

, 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 Theater (structure), theatre, amusement park, stadium, or tourist attraction, or has a right to travel on a vehicle, suc ...

, also called a pass * Transit pass, 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 (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 (engraver) (c.1783–1832), English engraver * John Pass (poet) (born 1947), British-born Canadian poet * Nelson Pass (born 1951), American designer of audio amplifiers * Patrick Pass (born 1977), American football player

Arts, entertainment, and media

Battle pass In the video game industry, a battle pass or rewards track 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 complet ...

, a type of monetization and reward system in video games * Pass (cards), to make no bid when it is one's turn to do so * A type of

card manipulation Card manipulation, commonly known as card magic, 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, ...

in close-up magic * Passed (band), 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 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), the action of approving a proposed law *

Pass laws In South Africa under apartheid, and South West Africa (now Namibia), pass laws served as an internal passport system designed to racially segregate the population, restrict movement of individuals, and allocate low-wage migrant labor. Also ...

, 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 (the Proof of Age Standards Scheme) is a government-backed scheme in the United Kingdom 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 ...

(PASS), an age identification program in the UK

Science and technology

Computing

* Pass (software), a command line based password manager for Unix systems * PASS Sample Size Software, 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 cloud computing service model where users provision, instantiate, run and manage a modular bundle of a computing platform and applications, w ...

, 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 personal safety device used by firefighters entering a hazardous environment * Plasma Acoustic Shield System, a disorientating weapon based on plasma explosions * The Pass (psychoanalysis), a procedure

Sport

* Pass (ice hockey), 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 Backboard (basketball), basket or to get a pass to a teammate to score. Dribble Dribbling is bouncing the ball continu ...

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 legal and widespread use of the forward pass distinguishes grid ...

, 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), also called a pitch or a flip, occurs when the ball carrier throws or hands the football to a teammate in a dire ...

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 ...

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

Other uses

* Pass (sleight of hand), a sleight of hand move * Performer Availability Screening Services, a U.S. STI screening database