/hi:' per-SpayS/ A memory location that iS *far* away from where the program counterShould 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)