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** It was also the name of one of the earliest cybercafé franchises - which had a branch in Tokyo.
* '''Protocol 7''' refers, probably, to the 7<sup>th</sup> Layer, the neurogenetic circuit, of the ''Eight Layers of Conciousness'' as proposed by Timothy Leary.
** And could also be a successor to the upcoming new internet protocol [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:IPv6 |IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6)]] (the current internet protocol is [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:IPv4 |IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4)]]).
* '''NAVI''', the trademark-turned-noun for computer in the series, is contracted from ''Knowledge Navigator'', a term invented by Apple CEO John Sculley in his book ''Odyssey''. It referred to a computer connected to a vast network where everyone was connected.
* '''Copland OS''' was an unreleased operating system by Apple Computers. See also ''System 7'', its predecessor.
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== Layer 07: SOCIETY ==
* During class, Lain programs on her HandiNAVI in the multi-paradigm programming language [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_:Lisp (programming_language)programming language)|Lisp]]. This is likely related to the Knights of the Lambda Calculus, because in real life they were a community surrounding the Lisp language.
* Nezumi's perspective is viewed through Apple's ''HotSauce'' interface, which was created to give users a novel Internet experience. The program code shown in one scene seems to be a [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Perl |perl]] script for generating a web page, also known as [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Cgi_script:Cgi script|CGI Script]].
 
== Layer 08: RUMORS ==
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== Layer 13: EGO ==
* Lain's father comments that "[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_:Madeleine (cake)#The_Proust_connectionThe Proust connection|madelines]] would be good with tea."
 
{{quote| With thanks to ''[http://www.cjas.org/~leng/lain.htm thought experiments Lain]''
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