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deep space: n. 1. Describes the notional location of any program that has gone
off the trolley. Esp.: used of programs that just
sit there silently grinding long after either failure or some output is
expected. “Uh oh. I should have gotten 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. Compare
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