deep space
1. The notional location of any program that has gone off the trolley.
Especially used of programs that just sit there silently grinding long after
either failure or some output is expected. "Uh oh. I should have had a prompt
ten seconds ago. The program's in deep space somewhere." Compare buzz,
catatonic, hyperspace.
2. The metaphorical location of a human so dazed and/or confused or caught up in
some esoteric form of bogosity that he or she no longer responds coherently to
normal communication.
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