Warp

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Contents 1 Ships and aircraft 2 Computers 3 Music 4 Books and comics 5 Games 6 Miscellaneous

Warp is a verb and noun pertaining to distortion and twisting, and to lines and ropes used in the contexts below.

Warp may refer to:

[edit] Ships and aircraft

• Wing warping, a manner of controlling the roll of an aeroplane
• Warp drive, the faster-than-light movement in science fiction, as used in Star Trek.
• Warping (sailing), a slow method of moving a boat in still waters or against the wind

[edit] Computers

• WARP (computer), DARPA-sponsored parallel computer
• OS/2, where version 3.0 was known as Warp
• WARP (software), a product for IBM mainframes to improve performance from APT International - a former Monaco based company
• Warp (Cypress), a VHDL Cypress development system for CPLD
• WARP (Information Security), from the acronym for Warning, advice and reporting point

[edit] Music

• Warp (album), New Musik's 1982 album
• Judy and Mary's 2001 album Warp
• Warp Films, a side project of Warp Records
• "Time Warp," a song and dance featured in the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Warp Records, an independent UK record label

[edit] Books and comics

• WaRP Graphics, an alternative comics publisher
• Warp, a comic book published by First Comics
• Warp (comics), a DC Comics supervillain

[edit] Games

• Warp zone, an area in a video game where players can go from one place or level to another
• Warp Online Gaming, creator of Fire Realm
• WARP (game developer), a now-defunct video game developer
• Immaterium, also known as the Warp, an alternate dimension in the Warhammer 40,000 universe

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Warp (weaving) the set of lengthwise threads attached to a loom
• Image warping, the process of distorting an image digitally
• Revealed preference, from the acronym for Weak Axiom of Revealed Preferences
• Warp, a brand of energy mints
• WARP, USAID's West African Regional Program