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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>hyperspace</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="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hungus.html" title="hungus"/><link rel="next" href="hysterical-reasons.html" title="hysterical reasons"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">hyperspace</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hungus.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hysterical-reasons.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="hyperspace"/><dt xmlns="" id="hyperspace"><b>hyperspace</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/hi:´per·spays/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A memory location that is <span class="emphasis"><em>far</em></span> away from where
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the program counter should be pointing, especially a place that is
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inaccessible because it is not even mapped in by the virtual-memory system.
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“<span class="quote">Another core dump — looks like the program jumped off to
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hyperspace somehow.</span>” (Compare
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<a href="../J/jump-off-into-never-never-land.html"><i class="glossterm">jump off into never-never land</i></a>.) This usage is from the SF notion of a spaceship jumping
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<span class="firstterm">into hyperspace</span>, that is, taking a
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shortcut through higher-dimensional space — in other words, bypassing
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this universe. The variant <span class="firstterm">east
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hyperspace</span> is recorded among CMU and Bliss hackers.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hungus.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hysterical-reasons.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">hungus </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> hysterical reasons</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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