Slipstream (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Science & computers 2 Literature 3 Music 4 Film 5 Others

Slipstream may refer to:

[edit] Science & computers

• Slipstream, in physics, a pocket of reduced pressure following behind an object moving through a fluid medium
• Slipstream (computing), in computer software, a slang term that means merging patches or updates into the original installation sources of a program
• Slipstream (computer science), in computer architecture, a technique for improving both processor performance and fault tolerance. The technique exploits a shortened program running concurrently and ahead of the execution of the full program
• SlipStream Data, a spin-off company from the University of Waterloo dealing with internet acceleration and data compression
• Slipstream (Amiga demo scene), an Amiga demogroup from the 1990s
• Slipstream 5000, a futuristic racing game, released for PC in 1995
• Slipstream (video game), a Formula One Arcade game released by Capcom in 1995
• Slipstream (game), an online game from the website Candystand

[edit] Literature

• Slipstream (genre), a literary genre that pushes the boundary between traditional fiction and either science fiction and/or fantasy
• Slipstream (science fiction), a science fiction term for a fictional method of faster-than-light travel
• Slipstream (magazine), a literary press and magazine founded in 1980
• Slipstream (comics), a character in the Marvel Universe
• Slipstream (typography), the trademarked name of a font family

[edit] Music

• Slipstream (video), is a video by Jethro Tull
• "Slipstream", the ninth track on Jethro Tull's Aqualung
• Slipstream (band), a UK indie band
• "Queen of the Slipstream" , title of song from Poetic Champions Compose by Van Morrison
• "Starlings of the Slipstream", title of song from Brighten the Corners by Pavement
• Slipstream (album), a 1981 compilation album
• "Slipstream", a track on the album Light & Shade by Mike Oldfield.

[edit] Film

• Slipstream (2007 film), a 2007 film written and directed by Anthony Hopkins
• Slipstream (2005 film), a 2005 science-fiction film starring Sean Astin and Vinnie Jones
• Slipstream (1989 film), a 1989 science fiction film directed by Steven Lisberger and starring Bob Peck, Mark Hamill and Bill Paxton
• Slipstream (1967 film), a 1967 Steven Spielberg movie that went unfinished

[edit] Others

• Team Slipstream, a UCI professional cycling team
• Slip-Stream, a character from the G.I. Joe universe
• In the TV show "Andromeda," Slipstream is a method of space travel along the lines of a wormhole.
• In the TV-show "Star Trek: Voyager," slipstream is is a form of space travel that certain species use and which the Federation has attempted to experiment with though unsuccessfully.