Passing
# Passing

Passing may refer to:

## Social identity

* Passing (sociology), presenting oneself as a member of another sociological group
   * Passing (gender), presenting oneself as being cisgender
   * Passing (racial identity), presenting oneself as a member of another race

## Literature and film

* Passing (novel), a novel by Nella Larsen
   * Passing (film), directed by Rebecca Hall (2021), based on Larsen's novel

## Math and technology

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

## 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

## 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

## Other uses

* Buck passing, or passing the buck, transferring responsibility to another
* Passing away, euphemism for "dying"
* A syncope is an instance of passing out, also called fainting or losing consciousness
* Passing off, in law, presenting one product as another
* Passing, a type of metallic thread used in embroidery
