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Contents 1 Ships and aircraft 2 Woodworking 3 Textile 4 Computers 5 Games 6 Music 7 Books and comics 8 Business 9 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] Woodworking

• Wood warping, deviation from flatness due to uneven drying of wood

[edit] Textile

• Warp (weaving) the set of lengthwise threads attached to a loom

[edit] Computers

• 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
• Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform (WARP), a DirectX component to be included in Windows 7
• WARP (Information Security), from the acronym for Warning, advice and reporting point
• Warp (multithreading), a set of threads sharing the same front pipeline in a SIMT architecture.
• Image warping, the process of distorting an image digitally
• Softwarp, is a software technique to warp an image so that it can be projected on a curved screen.

[edit] Games

• Warp zone, 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, an Interactive Fiction game developed for the HP3000 platform
• In the game Warhammer 40,000, the Warp, or Immaterium, is an alternate dimension where time and space have no concept. It is the home of the forces of Chaos.

[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] Business

• WARP Services / WARP Robotics.com, Working Automated Robotic Products is an automation company that put to motion anything. From wheel chairs to systematizing motion automated guided vehicles, with laser navigation.

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Revealed preference, from the acronym for Weak Axiom of Revealed Preferences
• WARP, USAID's West African Regional Program
• WARP, baseball statistic standing for "Wins Above Replacement Player"

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