Slipstream (disambiguation)

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

Slipstream may also refer to:

Computing

• Slipstream (computing), a slang term for merging patches or updates into the original installation sources of a program
• Slipstream (computer science), the technique of running a shortened program concurrently and ahead of the execution of the full program

Video games

• Slipstream 5000, a 1995 racing game
• Slipstream (game), 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), fictional methods of faster-than-light travel
• Slipstream (radio drama), a BBC Radio 7 science fiction series

Characters

• Slipstream (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero character
• Slipstream (Transformers), a robot character most famous for her role in the Transformers Animated series
• Slip Stream (G.I. Joe), a pilot character in the G.I. Joe franchise

Film

• Slipstream (1967 film), an unfinished Steven Spielberg movie
• Slipstream (1973 film), a Canadian drama directed by David Acomba
• Slipstream (video), a 1980 concert by Jethro Tull
• Slipstream (1989 film), a post-apocalyptic adventure directed by Steven Lisberger and starring Bob Peck, Mark Hamill and Bill Paxton
• Slipstream (2005 film), a time travel thriller starring Sean Astin and Vinnie Jones
• Slipstream (2007 film), a drama written and directed by Anthony Hopkins

Music

• Slipstream (band), a UK indie band

Albums

• Slipstream (Bonnie Raitt album), released April 10, 2012
• Slipstream (Sherbet album), 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)
• "Slipstream", lead track on the 1979 album Legendary Heroes by Allan Clarke (singer)
• "Slipstream", a track on the 2005 album Light + Shade by Mike Oldfield

Others

• Team Slipstream, a UCI professional cycling team
• Slipstream (magazine), a literary press and magazine founded in 1980
• Drafting (aerodynamics), also called slipstreaming
• Slipstream (sculpture), a sculpture created by Richard Wilson

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