Slipstream (disambiguation)
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A slipstream
Slipstream
A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid is moving at velocities comparable to the moving object . The term slipstream also applies to the similar region adjacent to an object with a fluid moving around it...

is a pocket of reduced pressure following behind an object moving through a fluid medium.

Slipstream may also refer to:

Computing

  • Slipstream (computing)
    Slipstream (computing)
    In computer jargon, to slipstream updates, patches or service packs means to integrate them into the installation files of their original software, so that the resulting files will allow a direct installation of the updated software....

    , a slang term for merging patches or updates into the original installation sources of a program
  • Slipstream (computer science)
    Slipstream (computer science)
    A slipstream processor is an architecture designed to reduce the length of a running program by removing the non-essential instructions.It is a form of speculative computing....

    , the technique of running a shortened program concurrently and ahead of the execution of the full program

Video games

  • Slipstream 5000
    Slipstream 5000
    Slipstream 5000 is a computer game for the PC, published by Gremlin Interactive in April 1995, and developed by The Software Refinery - better known for Hardwar....

    , a 1995 racing game
  • Slipstream (game)
    Slipstream (game)
    Slipstream is a game developed by Silent Bay Studios and hosted on the games website Candystand.com. The setting of the game is in a vast, metal tunnel with many scattered obstacles. The player plays as a futuristic ship zooming through the tunnel. The object is to avoid as many obstacles as possible...

    , an online game from the website Candystand

Fiction

  • Slipstream (genre), a literary genre that pushes the boundary between traditional fiction and either science fiction and/or fantasy
  • Slipstream (science fiction)
    Slipstream (science fiction)
    "Slipstream" is a science fiction term for a fictional method of faster-than-light space travel, similar to hyperspace travel, warp drive, or "transfer points" from David Brin's Uplift series.-Usage in Star Trek:...

    , fictional methods of faster-than-light travel
  • Slipstream (radio drama), a BBC Radio 7 science fiction series

Characters

  • Slipstream, a villain cyborg from the Transformers Animated series
  • Slipstream (comics)
    Slipstream (comics)
    Slipstream is a fictional character in Marvel Comics universe. He is a superhero associated with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Salvador Larroca, he first appeared in X-Treme X-Men #6 ....

    , a Marvel Comics superhero character
  • Slip Stream (G.I. Joe)
    Slip Stream (G.I. Joe)
    Slip Stream is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's Conquest X-30 pilot and debuted in 1986.-Profile:...

    , a pilot character in the G.I. Joe franchise

Film

  • Slipstream (1967 film)
    Slipstream (1967 film)
    Slipstream is a 1967 film about bicycle racers directed and written by Steven Spielberg and Roger Ernest that went unfinished. Ernest, who also starred in the film, later appeared in Spielberg's Sugarland Express and Close Encounters of the Third Kind...

    , an unfinished Steven Spielberg movie
  • Slipstream (1973 film)
    Slipstream (1973 film)
    Slipstream is a Canadian drama film, released in 1973. Directed by David Acomba and written by William Fruet, it won the Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1973.-Synopsis:...

    , a Canadian drama directed by David Acomba
  • Slipstream (video), a 1980 concert by Jethro Tull
  • Slipstream (1989 film)
    Slipstream (1989 film)
    Slipstream is a 1989 post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film. The plot has an emphasis on aviation and contains many common science-fiction themes, such as taking place in a dystopian future in which the landscape of the Earth itself has been changed and is windswept by storms of great power...

    , a post-apocalyptic adventure directed by Steven Lisberger and starring Bob Peck, Mark Hamill and Bill Paxton
  • Slipstream (2005 film)
    Slipstream (2005 film)
    Slipstream is a 2005 science fiction film, written by Louis Morneau and Phillip Badger and directed by David van Eyssen. The film stars Sean Astin, Vinnie Jones, and Ivana Miličević. It was first shown at the London Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival on February 3, 2005...

    , a time travel thriller starring Sean Astin and Vinnie Jones
  • Slipstream (2007 film)
    Slipstream (2007 film)
    Slipstream is a 2007 American science fiction film starring, written, scored, and directed by Anthony Hopkins, which explores the premise of a screen writer who is caught in a slipstream of time, memories, fantasy and reality. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival...

    , a drama written and directed by Anthony Hopkins

Albums

  • Slipstream (Sherbet album)
    Slipstream (Sherbet album)
    Slipstream is an album by Sherbet released in 1974. According to the Kent Music Report, it spent 35 weeks in the Australian Charts reaching a highest position of #3.-Track listing:#"Slipstream" – 2:53...

    , a 1974 release
  • Slipstream – The Best of British Jazz-Funk, a 1981 compilation album

Songs

  • "Slipstream", ninth track on Aqualung (Jethro Tull album)
  • "Slipstream", opening track to Threshold's 2007 Dead Reckoning (album)
    Dead Reckoning (album)
    Dead Reckoning is the eighth studio album by progressive metal band Threshold. It is their first album since the departure of founding member Nick Midson, and their only one to feature guest vocals . It is also their first album on their current label, Nuclear Blast...

  • "Slipstream", lead track on the 1979 album Legendary Heroes by Allan Clarke (singer)
    Allan Clarke (singer)
    Allan Clarke is a retired British singer who was one of the founding members of The Hollies. He retired in 1999.-Career:...

  • "Slipstream", a track on the 2005 album Light + Shade by Mike Oldfield

Others

  • Team Slipstream, a UCI professional cycling team
  • Slipstream (magazine)
    Slipstream (magazine)
    Slipstream is a literary press, founded in 1980 in Niagara Falls, New York, that publishes poetry and short fiction by both new and established writers. Charles Bukowski, Sherman Alexie, Gerald Locklin, Wanda Coleman, Lyn Lifshin, David Chorlton, J.P. Dancing Bear, and Terry Godbey are among the...

    , a literary press and magazine founded in 1980
  • Drafting (aerodynamics), also called slipstreaming
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