Computing Dictionary
deep space definition
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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