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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>deep space</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="deep-magic.html" title="deep magic"/><link rel="next" href="defenestration.html" title="defenestration"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">deep space</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="deep-magic.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="defenestration.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="deep-space"/><dt xmlns="" id="deep-space"><b>deep space</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Describes the notional location of any program that has gone
<a href="../O/off-the-trolley.html"><i class="glossterm">off the trolley</i></a>. Esp.: used of programs that just
sit there silently grinding long after either failure or some output is
expected. &#8220;<span class="quote">Uh oh. I should have gotten a prompt ten seconds ago.
The program's in deep space somewhere.</span>&#8221; Compare
<a href="../B/buzz.html"><i class="glossterm">buzz</i></a>, <a href="../C/catatonic.html"><i class="glossterm">catatonic</i></a>,
<a href="../H/hyperspace.html"><i class="glossterm">hyperspace</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The metaphorical location of a human so dazed and/or confused or
caught up in some esoteric form of <a href="../B/bogosity.html"><i class="glossterm">bogosity</i></a> that he
or she no longer responds coherently to normal communication. Compare
<a href="../P/page-out.html"><i class="glossterm">page out</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="deep-magic.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="defenestration.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">deep magic </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> defenestration</td></tr></table></div></body></html>