deep space

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}.