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 page out.