hyperspace

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hyperspace - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  hyperspace \hy"per*space\ (h[imac]"p[~e]r*sp[=a]s), n. [Pref.
     hyper- + space.] (Geom.)
     A mathematical space having more than three dimensions. It is
     a mathematical construct and is not intended to represent the
     structure of the common physical space in which matter
     exists.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

hyperspace - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

hyperspace - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.