It is simply the name of the method the Java launcher calls to pass control to the program.

"Sarney has passed control of the economy to them," one Government official said with dismay.

He had passed control of the business over to his son Richard Dawes in the 1970s.

There were special instructions to pass control from one segment to another.

This further reduced the resources available to the empire and its military system, as large regions passed outside central control.

Failure to guess correctly passed control to the other team.

It is easy to pass control from one user to another.

If not, the player had the decision to either keep the cards or turn them back and pass control to the next player.

A contestant could guess at any time, but an incorrect guess passed control.

Doing so added $100 to their score and gave them the option to pick another card or pass control to the player to their left.