Pass

Pass, PASS, or The Pass may refer to:

Admission and permission

• Pass, a voucher which allows admission: see Ticket (admission)
• Backstage pass, allows admission to backstage areas of a performance venue
• Press pass, grants special privilege or access to journalists
• Pass (United States military), permission for military personnel to be away from their unit
• Pass laws, apartheid laws in South Africa which limited movement for some people
• Passing (racial identity), choosing to identify with a racial heritage group other than that assigned by social prejudice
• Hall pass, a token allowing a pupil to leave the classroom during school
• Season Pass, a ticket allowing admission to an amusement park during a certain period

Acronyms

• PASS Sample Size Software, a computer program for estimating sample size
• PASS (Proof of Age Standards Scheme), an age identification program in the U.K.
• PASS (Personal Automated Self Service), a brandname formerly used by the Bank of Ireland for ATM cards
• Peer-Assisted Study Sessions, an academic support program often used in higher education
• Postdoctoral Application Support Service, method for applying to postgraduate dental programs in the US
• Professional Association for SQL Server, a global Microsoft SQL Server community group
• Pro-Am Sports System, or PASS Sports, a former Detroit-area cable television channel
• Payments as a Secure Service, an electronic commerce payment system
• PASS device, a personal safety device used by firefighters entering a hazardous environment
• Plasma Acoustic Shield System, a disorientating weapon based on plasma explosions
• "Pin, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep," an acronym describing the use of a fire extinguisher
• Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive Theory, learning/intelligence model

Transport

• Transit pass, bus pass or rail pass, a ticket which allows travel on buses or trains
• Boarding pass, allows a passenger to board an aircraft
• Continent pass, a pass allowing air travel within a continent
• E-ZPass, an electronic toll-collection system in the United States
• Eurail pass, issued by Eurail Group for trains and buses in Europe
• I-Pass, an electronic toll-collection system used in Illinois
• Indrail Pass, a railway pass for Indian railways
• Pass Plus, a United Kingdom scheme to encourage good driving in young drivers

Geography

• Mountain pass, a lower place in a mountain range allowing easier passage
• Pass, used in some areas for a sea passage or strait

Places

• Pass, the name of many mountain passes: see List of mountain passes
• Pass, the name of a number of straits: see List of straits
• Pass, Poland
• Pass Christian, Mississippi
• Pass Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, a former community on the southern shore of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, a community in south-west Alberta, Canada
• Emigrant Pass, Nevada, a community in Eureka County, Nevada, United States
• Ferry Pass, Florida, a community in Escambia County, Florida, United States
• Grand Pass, Missouri, is a village in Saline County, Missouri, United States
• Low Pass, Oregon, a community in Lane County, Oregon, United States
• Mountain Pass, California, a community in San Bernardino County, California, United States
• Moose Pass, Alaska, a community in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
• Whale Pass, Alaska, a community in Alaska, United States
• Passo do Sabão (Soap Pass), a Brazilian district in Rio Grande do Sul state

People

• Frank Alexander de Pass, English soldier, first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I
• Joe Pass (1929–1994), jazz musician
• John Pass (born 1947), British-born Canadian poet
• Nelson Pass (born 1951), designer of audio amplifiers
• Patrick Pass (born 1977), American football player

Companies and organisations

• Pass Labs, an audio company based in Foresthill, California, USA

Horses

• Forward Pass (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Monty's Pass, a Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2003 Grand National
• Raven's Pass, an English Thoroughbred racehorse
• War Pass, an American Thoroughbred racehorse

Sports and games

• Pass, a type of call in contract bridge
• Pass (ice hockey), the movement of the puck from one player to another
• Forward pass, in American and Canadian football
• Lateral pass or onside pass, in American and Canadian football respectively
• Pass, in rugby football: see Rugby passes
• Pass, in basketball: see Basketball passes
• Passing (association football)
• "The Pass", a risky overtaking pass made by Alex Zanardi in the 1996 CART World Series race

Entertainment

Music

• The Pass (band), a band from Louisville, KY on SonaBLAST! Records
• "The Pass" (song), a song by the band Rush

Film and television

• All Access Pass, a comedy television program
• The Forward Pass, a 1929 American football film
• Pass the Ammo, a 1988 film, a spoof of televangelism
• Pass the Gravy, a 1928 short comedy silent film

Books

• Mitla Pass, a novel by American novelist Leon Uris
• Morningstar Pass: The Collapse of the UFO Coverup, a science fiction novel by Victor Norgarde
• The Snake's Pass, an 1890 novel by Bram Stoker

Other uses

• First pass effect, a phenomenon of drug metabolism
• Fish pass or fish ladder, a construction allowing migrating fish to pass an obstruction on a stream
• Half-pass, a movement in dressage, in which the horse moves forward and sideways at the same time
• Mountain pass theorem, an existence theorem from the calculus of variations
• Pass by catastrophe, the concept that a disaster in an examination leads to all the students passing
• Pass band or Passband, the range of frequencies that can pass through an electronic filter without being attenuated
• Pass (legislature), the action of approving a proposed law
• Motion to pass on, a dilatory motion used in legislative procedure
• Pass (sleight of hand), a sleight of hand move
• Perfect Pass, a digital precision speed control system for power boats
• Pass, an overtaking manoeuvre
• "Make a pass at", an expression for flirting

See also

• Pass the Buck (disambiguation)
• Passing (disambiguation)
• Passage (disambiguation)
• Bypass (disambiguation)
• U-Pass (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing "Pass"

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