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

Slipstream may also refer to:

People

  • Zammis Clark, referred to as Slipstream

Computing

  • Slipstream (computer science), the technique of running a shortened program concurrently and ahead of the execution of the full program
  • Slipstream (computing), a slang term for merging patches or updates into the original installation sources of a program
  • Slipstream 5000, a 1995 racing game for PC

Fiction

  • Slipstream fiction, a literary genre that pushes the boundary between traditional fiction and either science fiction and/or fantasy
  • Slipstream (radio drama), a BBC Radio 7 science fiction series
  • Slipstream (science fiction), fictional methods of faster-than-light travel

Characters

  • Slipstream (character), a Marvel Comics superhero character
  • Slipstream (Transformers), several robot characters in the Transformers franchise including Transformers: Animated
  • Slip Stream (G.I. Joe), a pilot character in the G.I. Joe franchise

Film

  • Slipstream (unfinished 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
  • Slipstream (2005 film), a time travel thriller directed by David van Eyssen
  • Slipstream (2007 film), a drama written and directed by Anthony Hopkins

Music

  • Slipstream (band), a UK indie band

Albums

  • Slipstream (Bonnie Raitt album), 2012
  • Slipstream (Sherbet album) or the title song (see below), 1974
  • Slipstream (Sutherland Brothers and Quiver album) or the title song, 1976

Songs

  • "Slipstream" (song), by Sherbet, 1974
  • "Slipstream", by Killing Joke from Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions, 1990
  • "Slipstream", by Jethro Tull from Aqualung, 1971
  • "Slipstream", by Mike Oldfield from Light + Shade, 2005
  • "Slipstream", by Threshold from Dead Reckoning, 2007

Others

  • Slipstream (arcade game), a 1995 racing game by Capcom
  • Slipstream (magazine), a literary press and magazine founded in 1980
  • Slipstream (sculpture), a sculpture created by Richard Wilson
  • Drafting (aerodynamics), also called slipstreaming
  • Team Slipstream, a UCI professional cycling team