Passing

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Passing may refer to:

Contents 1 Sociology 2 Transportation 3 Sports 4 Music 5 Films and books 6 Math and technology 7 Other uses 8 See also

[edit] Sociology

• Passing (sociology), presenting oneself as a member of another sociological group
• Passing (gender), presenting oneself as a member of the opposite gender
• Passing (racial identity), presenting oneself as a member of another race

[edit] Transportation

• Passing, overtaking, the act of driving around a slower automobile
• Passing lane, a lane on a road for use while overtaking
• Passing loop, a section of railway where trains can pass each other

[edit] Sports

• Passing (sports), to pass a ball or puck between members of the same team
  • Passing (American football)
  • Passing (association football), or soccer
• Passing (juggling), when two or more people share a juggling pattern

[edit] Music

• "Is she not passing fair?", a song written by Edward Elgar, published in 1908
• "Passing Afternoon", a 2004 single by Iron and Wine
• "Passing By", a 1968 song by The Beach Boys
• A Passing Fancy, a Toronto band from the 1960s
• "Passing Friend", a 1985 song by The Beach Boys
• "Passing Strangers", a 1980 single by Ultravox
• Passing Through (album), a 1999 album by Owen Temple

[edit] Films and books

• Passing Glory, a baseball drama film
• Passing Parade, a long-running series of MGM short films
• Winter Passing, a 2005 American film written and directed by Adam Rapp
• Passing (novel), a novel by Nella Larsen

[edit] Math and technology

• Token passing, a channel access method in telecommunications
• Message passing, a form of communication in computer science
• Variational message passing, a mathematical technique for continuous-valued Bayesian networks

[edit] Other uses

• Passing out, or fainting, losing consciousness
• Buck passing, or passing the buck, transferring responsibility to another person
• Passing off, in law, presenting one product as another
• Passing away, euphemism for dying

[edit] See also

• Closeted (concealing one's sexual orientation or behavior)
• Pass (disambiguation)

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