Hyperspace
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Hyperspace may refer to:
In fiction:
- Hyperspace (science fiction), a concept that makes faster-than-light travel possible
- In the video game Spacewar!, "entering hyperspace" instantaneously moves the spaceship to a random place on the screen
In technology:
- Internet, the World Wide Web
In mathematics:
- Hyperspace (topology), a topological space whose elements are subsets of another topological space
- higher dimensions including Kaluza-Klein's 4-dimensional space and Superstring theory's 9-dimensional space and Supergravity's 10-dimensional space
- n-dimensional space, the original meaning of the word hyperspace, common in late nineteenth century British books
- Non-Euclidean space; see non-Euclidean geometry
In physics:
- Minkowski space, a concept, often referred to by science fiction writers as hyperspace, that incorrectly refers to the 4-dimensional spacetime of relativity
In media:
- Hyperspace (book), a book by Dr. Michio Kaku that attempts to explain the possibility of 10-dimensional space using string theory
- Hyperspace (gamebook), a book in the Choose Your Own Adventure series
- Hyperspace, the U.S. title of Space (documentary), a 2001 BBC documentary
Other uses:
- HyperSpace (software), an operating system by Phoenix Technologies
- "Hyperspace", a song by Buckner & Garcia on Pac-Man Fever (album)
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