# Pass

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

## Places

* Pass, County Meath, a townland in Ireland
* Pass, Poland, a village in Poland
* El Paso, Texas, a city which translates to "The Pass"
* 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