deep space

1. The notional location of any program that has gone off thetrolley. 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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