Passepartout

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The word Passepartout refers to several different things:

• Passepartout is a paper or, more usually, cardboard sheet with a cutout, which is placed under the glass in a photo frame. The photo (or print, etc.) is placed under this. The passepartout serves two purposes: firstly to prevent the photo touching the glass, and also to enhance the visual appeal of the photo. The word is also used for the tape used to stick the back of the picture to its frame.
• Passepartout is a character in Jules Verne's novel, Around the World in Eighty Days and in the Sci Fi Channel (United States) television series The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. He is the manservant of the book's hero, Phileas Fogg. In French, the word literally means "passes everywhere" or "passes through everything", and is the name given to a master key that opens any lock.
• Passepartout is the name of an important character in the French and later international television series Fort Boyard, played by the same midget actor since the beginning. He notably collects the keys that the contestants acquire along the game.
• Passepartout is an open source desktop publishing program for the X Window System. It is part of the GNOME project.
• Passe-Partout is a french-language children's television program produced by Radio-Québec (now Télé-Québec).