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hyperspace |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hyperspace \Hy"per*space\, n. [Pref. hyper- + space.] (Geom.) An imagined space having more than three dimensions. From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: hyperspace /hi:'per-spays/ n. A memory location that is _far_ away from where the program counter should be pointing, especially a place that is inaccessible because it is not even mapped in by the virtual-memory system. "Another core dump -- looks like the program jumped off to hyperspace somehow." (Compare {jump off into never-never land}.) This usage is from the SF notion of a spaceship jumping `into hyperspace', that is taking a shortcut through higher-dimensional space -- in other words bypassing this universe. The variant `east hyperspace' is recorded among CMU and Bliss hackers. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: hyperspace /hi:'per-spays/ A memory location that is *far* away from where the {program counter} should be pointing, often inaccessible because it is not even mapped in (Compare {jump off into never-never land}.) This usage is from the SF notion of a spaceship jumping "into hyperspace", that is taking a shortcut through higher-dimensional space - in other words bypassing this universe. The variant "east hyperspace" is recorded among {CMU} and {Bliss} hackers. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-23)
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