Warp
Encyclopedia
Warp, warped or warping may refer to:
Books and comics
- WaRP GraphicsWaRP GraphicsWaRP Graphics, later Warp Graphics, is an alternative comics publisher best known for creating and being the original publisher of the Elfquest comic book series. It was created and incorporated in 1977 by Wendy and Richard Pini. The company title is an acronym formed from the founding couple's...
, an alternative comics publisher - Warp (First Comics), comic book series published by First Comics based on the play Warp!
- Warp (comics)Warp (comics)Warp is a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe. He first appeared in New Teen Titans vol. 1, #14 .-Fictional character biography:...
, a DC Comics supervillain - Warp (magazine)Warp (magazine)Warp was the magazine and official organ of the New Zealand National Association for Science Fiction , the country's first national science fiction fan organisation. First published in November 1977, Warp continued on a usually two-monthly schedule until the late 1990s, surviving for a short period...
, formerly the magazine and official organ of the New Zealand National Association for Science Fiction
Computers
- OS/2 Warp, a name for version 3.0 of the IBM operating system
- WARP (software)WARP (software)WARP is a now-defunct IBM mainframe performance product from APT International, a former Monaco based company. Its launch was compromised by the near simulataneous launch of OS/2 Warp by IBM in 1994....
, a product for IBM mainframes to improve performance - WARP (systolic array)WARP (systolic array)The Warp machines were a series of increasingly general-purpose systolic array processors, created by Carnegie Mellon University , in conjunction with industrial partners G.E., Honeywell and Intel, and funded by the U.S. Defense Advances Research Projects Agency .The Warp projects were started in...
, a series of systolic array machines - Warp (Cypress)Warp (Cypress)Warp is a VHDL low cost development system for CPLD by Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. The cost is low because of its simple architecture...
, a VHDL Cypress development system for CPLD - Windows Advanced Rasterization PlatformWindows Advanced Rasterization PlatformThe Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform is a software rasterizer device that is a component of Windows Graphics runtime in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, as well as Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 ....
, a Direct3D 10.1 software rasterizer to be included in Windows 7 and Windows Vista - WARP (information security)WARP (information security)WARP is an acronym for Warning, Advice and Reporting Point. A WARP is a community or internal company based service to share advice and information on computer-based threats and vulnerabilities.WARPs typically provide...
, from the acronym for Warning, advice and reporting point - Image warpingImage warpingImage warping is the process of digitally manipulating an image such that any shapes portrayed in the image have been significantly distorted. Warping may be used for correcting image distortion as well as for creative purposes...
, the process of distorting an image digitally - SoftwarpSoftwarpSoftwarp is a software technique to warp an image so that it can be projected on a curved screen. This can be done in real time by inserting the softwarp as a last step in the rendering cycle. The problem is to know how the image should be warped to look correct on the curved screen...
, a software technique to warp an image so that it can be projected on a curved screen - Warped linear predictive codingWarped Linear Predictive CodingWarped linear predictive coding is a variant of linear predictive coding in which the spectral representation of the system is modified, for example by replacing the unit delays used in an LPC implementation with first-order allpass filters...
, a tool used in audio signal processing
Music
- "Warp", 2009 single by The Bloody BeetrootsThe Bloody BeetrootsThe Bloody Beetroots is an Italian electronica and dance music project. The Bloody Beetroots were formed in late 2006 by producer Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo . In 2008, their EP Cornelius was in the Top 100 International iTunes downloads. This album was a complete art project composed of music, videos,...
- "WarpedWarped"Warped" is a song by the American alternative rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers, from their 1995 album, One Hot Minute. It was released as the first single from the album. It is the first track on One Hot Minute, beginning with an unusually quiet intro, before suddenly kicking into a very heavy,...
", a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1995 album One Hot Minute - "Warped", a song by Blackfoot from the 1980 album Tomcattin'
- Warp (album)Warp (album)Warp is the third and final album from New Musik released on March 5, 1982.-Side One:#"Here Comes The People" – 3:26#"Going Around Again" – 2:55#"A Train On Twisted Tracks" – 3:26#"I Repeat" – 4:28#"All You Need Is Love" – 4:21...
, 1982 album by New Musik - Warp, 2001 album by the Japanese band Judy and MaryJudy and MaryJudy and Mary was a Japanese multi-genre band formed in 1991 in Hakodate, Hokkaido by bassist and vocalist , with drummer and guitarist completing the lineup in 1992. Guitarist replaced Taiji the following year...
- W.A.R.P.E.D.W.A.R.P.E.D.W.A.R.P.E.D. is a 2005 album by Savatage guitarist Chris Caffery. A majority of the record appeared as the bonus disc to Chris's first album, Faces.-Track listing:# "Home Is Where The Hell Is"# "God Damn War"# "Election Day"# "Erase"...
, a 2005 album by Savatage guitarist Chris Caffery - Warped TourWarped TourThe Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...
, an annual touring music and extreme sports festival - Warp (record label), an independent UK record label
- Warp FilmsWarp FilmsWarp is one of the foremost and most respected creative independent companies, now composed of Warp Records, Warp Films and Warp Music Videos & Commercials. It is based in London, England and Sheffield, with a further office now in Melbourne, Australia...
, a side project of Warp Records - Warp 10: Influences, Classics, RemixesWarp 10: Influences, Classics, RemixesWarp 10 is a series of compilation albums issued by Warp Records in 1999 to celebrate the label's tenth anniversary. The collection spans three double CD/quadruple vinyl sets, which can be purchased individually...
- a series of compilation albums issued by Warp Records in 1999 to celebrate the label's tenth anniversary
- Warp Films
Science, technology and mathematics
- Alcubierre driveAlcubierre driveThe Alcubierre drive, also known as the Alcubierre metric, is a speculative, but valid solution of the Einstein field equations. It is a mathematical model of a spacetime exhibiting features reminiscent of the fictional "warp drive" from Star Trek, which can travel "faster than light", although...
, a hypothetical means of propulsion also called a "warp drive" - Bow and warp of semiconductor wafers and substratesBow and warp of semiconductor wafers and substratesBow and warp of semiconductor wafers and substrates are measures of the flatness of wafers.-Definitions:Bow is the deviation of the center point of the median surface of a free, un-clamped wafer from the median surface to the reference plane. Where the reference plane is defined by three corners of...
, a warp parameter of the semiconductor wafer - WIMP Argon ProgrammeWIMP Argon ProgrammeThe WIMP Argon Programme is an experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, for the research of cold dark matter. It aims to detect nuclear recoils in liquid argon induced by weakly interacting massive particles through scintillation light; the apparatus can also detect ionization so...
(WArP), a cold dark matter search experiment - Warped geometry in mathematics and physics, a type of Lorentzian manifold satisfying certain specific properties
Ships and aircraft
- Wing warpingWing warpingWing warping was an early system for lateral control of a fixed-wing aircraft. The technique, used and patented by the Wright brothers, consisted of a system of pulleys and cables to twist the trailing edges of the wings in opposite directions...
, a manner of controlling the roll of an aeroplane - Warping (sailing), a slow method of moving a boat in still waters or against the wind
Toys and games
- Warp zoneWarp zoneA warp zone is usually an area in a video game where players can go from one place or level to another. They are sometimes used as cheats and sometimes as ways to avoid too much walking...
, 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)Warp (computer game)Warp is a text adventure game, written in the late 1970s by Rob Lucke and Bill Frolik for Hewlett-Packard HP 3000.The game has never actually been officially released, but has been distributed through the HP user community INTEREX...
, an interactive fiction game developed for the HP3000 platform - Warp (Warhammer 40000), home of the Chaos powers in the Warhammer 40000 series
- Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, a platform game developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation
Other uses
- Weak Axiom of Revealed Preferences, an axiom in the economic theory of revealed preference
- Warp!Warp!Warp!, also spelled Warp, was an American science-fiction play created at Chicago, Illinois' Organic Theatre Company in 1971 by co-authors Stuart Gordon and Lenny Kleinfeld, the latter under the pseudonym Bury St. Edmund. The play moved to Broadway for a short run in February 1973...
, a 1970s Broadway play - Wood warpingWood warpingWood warping is a deviation from flatness as a result of stresses and shrinkage from the uneven drying of lumber.The types of wood warping include:* bow : a warp along the length of the face of the wood...
, a deviation from flatness due to uneven drying of wood - Warp (weaving)Warp (weaving)In weaving cloth, the warp is the set of lengthwise yarns that are held in tension on a frame or loom. The yarn that is inserted over-and-under the warp threads is called the weft, woof, or filler. Each individual warp thread in a fabric is called a warp end or end. Warp means "that which is thrown...
, the set of lengthwise threads attached to a loom - Warped (company)Warped (company)Warped is an Internet service provider, primarily specializing in webhosting. Warped was formed in 1995, and was incorporated in 1997 in Santa Clara, California, and 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. WarpedNet was an Internet Relay Chat network that was active from 1995 until 2004....
, an Internet service provider - Warp drive (Star Trek)Warp drive (Star Trek)Warp drive is a faster-than-light propulsion system in the setting of many science fiction works, most notably Star Trek. A spacecraft equipped with a warp drive may travel at velocities greater than that of light by many orders of magnitude, while circumventing the relativistic problem of time...
, the faster-than-light movement in science fiction, as used in Star Trek