Warp

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Warp and warping may refer to:

Contents 1 Ships and aircraft 2 Woodworking 3 Textile 4 Computers 5 Games 6 Music 7 Books and comics 8 Other uses 9 See also

[edit] Ships and aircraft

• Wing warping, a manner of controlling the roll of an aeroplane
• Warp drive, the faster-than-light movement in science fiction, as used in Star Trek
• Warping (sailing), a slow method of moving a boat in still waters or against the wind

[edit] Woodworking

• Wood warping, a deviation from flatness due to uneven drying of wood

[edit] Textile

• Warp (weaving), the set of lengthwise threads attached to a loom

[edit] Computers

• OS/2 Warp, a name for version 3.0 of the IBM operating system
• WARP (software), a product for IBM mainframes to improve performance from APT International
• Warp (Cypress), a VHDL Cypress development system for CPLD
• Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform (WARP), a Direct3D 10.1 software rasterizer to be included in Windows 7 and Windows Vista
• WARP (information security), from the acronym for Warning, advice and reporting point
• Image warping, the process of distorting an image digitally
• Softwarp, is a software technique to warp an image so that it can be projected on a curved screen.

[edit] Games

• Warp zone, an area in a video game where players can go from one place or level to another
• WARP (game developer), a now-defunct video game developer
• Warp (computer game), an interactive fiction game developed for the HP3000 platform

[edit] Music

• Warp (album), 1982 album by New Musik
• "Warp", 2009 single by The Bloody Beetroots
• Warp, 2001 album by the Japanese band Judy and Mary
• Warp Records, an independent UK record label
• Warp Films, a side project of Warp Records

[edit] Books and comics

• WaRP Graphics, an alternative comics publisher
• Warp (First Comics), comic book series published by First Comics based on the play Warp!
• Warp (comics), a DC Comics supervillain
• Warp (magazine), formerly the magazine and official organ of the New Zealand National Association for Science Fiction

[edit] Other uses

• Weak Axiom of Revealed Preferences, an axiom in the economic theory of revealed preference
• WARP, USAID's West African Regional Program
• Warp!, a 1970s Broadway play
• Bow and warp of semiconductor wafers and substrates, a warp parameter of the semiconductor wafer

[edit] See also

• Warped (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "warp"
• All pages with titles containing "warp"

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