# Pass > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pass > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pass.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass > Source revision: 1318116737 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Pass**, **PASS**, **The Pass** or **Passed** may refer to: ## Places - [Pass, County Meath](/source/Pass,_County_Meath), a townland in Ireland - [Pass, Poland](/source/Pass,_Poland), a village in Poland - [El Paso, Texas](/source/El_Paso,_Texas), a city which translates to "The Pass" - [Pass](/source/Pass_(strait)), an alternate term for a number of straits: see [List of straits](/source/List_of_straits) - [Mountain pass](/source/Mountain_pass), a lower place in a mountain range allowing easier passage ## Permissions - [Pass (military)](/source/Pass_(military)), permission for military personnel to be away from their unit - [Backstage pass](/source/Backstage_pass), allows admission to backstage areas of a performance venue - [Press pass](/source/Press_pass), grants special privilege or access to journalists - [Season ticket](/source/Season_ticket), or season pass - [Ticket (admission)](/source/Ticket_(admission)), also called a pass - [Transit pass](/source/Transit_pass), permitting travel, including: - [Boarding pass](/source/Boarding_pass), allows a passenger to board an aircraft - [Continent pass](/source/Continent_pass), a pass allowing air travel within a continent ## People - [A Pass](/source/A_Pass) (born 1987), Ugandan musician - [Frank Alexander de Pass](/source/Frank_Alexander_de_Pass), English soldier, first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I - [Joe Pass](/source/Joe_Pass) (1929–1994), American jazz musician - [John Pass (engraver)](/source/John_Pass_(engraver)) (c.1783–1832), English engraver - [John Pass (poet)](/source/John_Pass_(poet)) (born 1947), British-born Canadian poet - [Nelson Pass](/source/Nelson_Pass) (born 1951), American designer of audio amplifiers - [Patrick Pass](/source/Patrick_Pass) (born 1977), American football player ## Arts, entertainment, and media - [Battle pass](/source/Battle_pass), a type of monetization and reward system in video games - [Pass (cards)](/source/Pass_(cards)), to make no bid when it is one's turn to do so - A type of [card manipulation](/source/Card_manipulation) in close-up magic - [Passed (band)](/source/Passed_(band)), a Hungarian band formed in the summer of 2014 - *The Pass*, a 1906 novel by [Stewart Edward White](/source/Stewart_Edward_White) - ["The Pass" (song)](/source/The_Pass_(song)), a song by the band Rush, from their 1989 album *Presto* - [*The Pass* (1988 film)](/source/The_Pass_(1988_film)), a Soviet animated short film - [*The Pass* (2016 film)](/source/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](/source/Pro-Am_Sports_System), or PASS Sports, a former Detroit-area cable television channel ## Businesses and organizations - [The Pass Casino](/source/The_Pass_Casino) in Henderson, Nevada, United States - [Pass Labs](/source/Pass_Labs), an audio company based in Foresthill, California, United States - [Professional Aviation Safety Specialists](/source/Professional_Aviation_Safety_Specialists), an AFL–CIO affiliated union ## Education - Pass, a term used in [grading](/source/Grading_(education)) to indicate a student has successfully completed academic requirements - [Peer-Assisted Study Sessions](/source/Peer-Assisted_Study_Sessions), an academic support program often used in higher education ## Law and government - [Pass (legislature)](/source/Pass_(legislature)), the action of approving a proposed law - [Pass laws](/source/Pass_laws), apartheid laws in South Africa which limited the movement of some people - [Pass Plus](/source/Pass_Plus), a UK scheme to improve driving skills among young drivers - [Palmetto Assessment of State Standards](/source/Palmetto_Assessment_of_State_Standards) (PASS), a standardized test taken in South Carolina, USA - [Proof of Age Standards Scheme](/source/Proof_of_Age_Standards_Scheme) (PASS), an age identification program in the UK ## Science and technology ### Computing - [Pass (software)](/source/Pass_(software)), a command line based password manager for Unix systems - [PASS Sample Size Software](/source/PASS_Sample_Size_Software), a computer program for estimating sample size - [Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive](/source/Planning,_Attention,_Simultaneous,_and_Successive) Theory, a learning and intelligence model - [Platform as a service](/source/Platform_as_a_service), usually spelled PaaS, a category of cloud computing services - pass, Python keyword for [no-op](/source/No-op) - pass, some sorts of transformation in compiler; see [multi-pass compiler](/source/Multi-pass_compiler) ### Other uses in science and technology - [Pass (spaceflight)](/source/Pass_(spaceflight)), the period in which a satellite or other spacecraft is visible above the local horizon - [PASS device](/source/PASS_device), a personal safety device used by firefighters entering a hazardous environment - [Plasma Acoustic Shield System](/source/Plasma_Acoustic_Shield_System), a disorientating weapon based on plasma explosions - [The Pass (psychoanalysis)](/source/The_Pass_(psychoanalysis)), a procedure ## Sport For people in sport, see [People](#People). - [Pass (ice hockey)](/source/Pass_(ice_hockey)), the movement of the puck from one player to another - [Basketball pass](/source/Basketball_pass) - [Forward pass](/source/Forward_pass), in American and Canadian football - [Lateral pass](/source/Lateral_pass) or onside pass, in American and Canadian football respectively - [Passing (association football)](/source/Passing_(association_football)) - [Pro All Stars Series](/source/Pro_All_Stars_Series), a super late model racing series - [Rugby passes (disambiguation)](/source/Rugby_passes_(disambiguation)) - "The Pass", nickname for the 1996 CART [Monterey Grand Prix](/source/Monterey_Grand_Prix#"The_Pass") ## Other uses - [Pass (sleight of hand)](/source/Pass_(sleight_of_hand)), a sleight of hand move - [Performer Availability Screening Services](/source/Performer_Availability_Screening_Services), a U.S. STI screening database ## See also - [Bypass (disambiguation)](/source/Bypass_(disambiguation)) - [Passage (disambiguation)](/source/Passage_(disambiguation)) - [Passer (disambiguation)](/source/Passer_(disambiguation)) - [Passing (disambiguation)](/source/Passing_(disambiguation)) - [Success (concept)](/source/Success_(concept)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass?action=history)). 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