Hyperspace

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hyperspace \hy"per*space\ (h[imac]"p[~e]r*sp[=a]s), n. [Pref.
     hyper- + space.] (Geom.)
     A mathematical space having more than three dimensions. It is
     a mathematical construct and is not intended to represent the
     structure of the common physical space in which matter
     exists.


     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  hyperspace /hi:'per-spays/ n. A memory location that is _far_ away from
     where the program counter should be pointing, especially a place that is
     inaccessible because it is not even mapped in by the virtual-memory
     system. "Another core dump -- looks like the program jumped off to
     hyperspace somehow." (Compare {jump off into never-never land}.) This
     usage is from the SF notion of a spaceship jumping `into hyperspace',
     that is, taking a shortcut through higher-dimensional space -- in other
     words, bypassing this universe. The variant `east hyperspace' is
     recorded among CMU and Bliss hackers.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  hyperspace
       
          /hi:'per-spays/ A memory location that is *far* away from
          where the {program counter} should be pointing, often
          inaccessible because it is not even mapped in.  (Compare {jump
          off into never-never land}.)
       
          This usage is from the SF notion of a spaceship jumping "into
          hyperspace", that is, taking a shortcut through
          higher-dimensional space - in other words, bypassing this
          universe.  The variant "east hyperspace" is recorded among
          {CMU} and {Bliss} hackers.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-11-23)