Hyperspace

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)

See also

• Hyper (disambiguation)