title: Pass
text: # 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 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, grants special privilege or access to journalists
  * Season ticket, or season pass
  * Ticket (admission), 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 (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, 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 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 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), 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), 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, 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, 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
  * Forward pass, in American and Canadian football
  * Lateral pass 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)
  * "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
  