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Hilbert Space 

Named for its putative inventor, mathematician David Hilbert (who some claim found the solutions for Einstein's equations before "L'il Albie" did himself), Hilbert Space is a concept which has been often applied in mathematics, quantum mechanics, and in general metaphysics (for instance, concepts like "parallel universes").

In short, a Hilbert Space is a mathematical construct such that within any plenum of n-dimensional spaces there exists an infinite number of said Hilbert Spaces (subsumed within an n+1 dimensional superset). Fancifully, science fiction writers point to the infinite plurality of 4D Hilbert Spaces that could exist within our "normal" 5D continuum, and suggest that each such Hilbert Space may really exist and that these Hilbert Spaces could be engendered by time-travel to the past. Thus, each 4D Hilbert Space in a 5D superset of "Universes" could possess a unique history, entirely different from all other universes contained within the 5D "Universe".
Mozart's 14th Symphony (K. 114, composed c. 1774) contains encrypted fragments of instrumental speech synthesis (in English) which describe an alternate Universe History (different from our Universe), where Nicholas Meyler was President of the United States, and where Princeton University is mocked for its intellectual feebleness (possibly due to some degree of idolatry for Einstein's Theory of Relativity, which Mozart proved to have loopholes and flaws 130 years before Einstein even published it as "The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies").

Deciphering Mozart's musical cryptography provides physical evidence that Hilbert Spaces may be entirely real, and not merely imaginary constructs.
Hilbert Space by Epeefencer April 10, 2009
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Hilbert space 

A complete inner product space. Since every inner product defines a norm, a Hilbert space is necessarily a Banach space.

Up to equivalence of norms, there's only one distinct n-dimensional Hilbert space for each n, namely R^n.
The space of all continuous real-valued functions on the closed interval from 0 to 1, with the inner product given by the integral of pointwise absolute-value products, is an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space.
Hilbert space by Subsequence October 23, 2010

Hilbert Space 

Like a normal vectorspace but wierd and sometimes infinite dimensional.
Person A: Your mum is so fat, that l^2 dosn't have enough space to contain her.
Person B: Damn, that hilbert space is not even seperable

abandonware 

n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the game alive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because id still sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.
abandonware by Spoom October 24, 2003
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Foot prisons 

Socks. Annoying, sweat-causing, non-barefoot enducing, everyday socks.
The first thing I do when I take off my shoes, is rip off the foot prisons I had to wear inside them. That's why I prefer flip flops, even in winter!
Foot prisons by Jackalope Hunter December 13, 2022
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cornholio 

Ruler of Lake Titicaca. Rumored to have a bunghole that gets very angry if it does not receive toilet paper. Cornholio the Great is often seen walking around with his shirt over his head and his hands in the air, chanting songs about his power, and his bunghole.
"I am Cornholio! You do not want to face the wrath of my bunghole, for I need TP!"
Butthead: Shut up, Beavis! (uh huh huh huh)
Beavis: Um, okay. (heh heh heh heh).
cornholio by AYB July 20, 2003
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mickey mousing

In a movie, when the music is syncronized perfectly with the action, just like a mickey mouse cartoon.
Mickey mousing is used in the shower scene of Psycho
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