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.