What are the programming and computer references in Steins;Gate?

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I want to know the programming and computer references present in Steins;Gate.

For example, I noticed the SQL database is referenced.

score 21 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 09 '16 at 21:53

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SQL is mentioned, as the question suggests. They even used company and trademarked names:

MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, SQLite, Access, ANSI

Of particular interest is the fact that Oracle, the company that owns Java, is present. It's rare to find original trademarks in anime.

A book for "Goodle Endroid", a clear reference to Google Android, can also be seen:

A book on SSH, the protocol used for remote administration, is shown, as well as a book that mentions Unicode, JIS (essentially the Japanese equivalent of ASCII), Java, Ruby 1.8/1.9, and Windows:

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answered Apr 09 '16 at 12:21

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Comments are not for extended discussion; the conversation about answering your own questions has been [moved to chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/38177/discussion-on-answer-by-wally-what-are-the-programming-and-computer-references-i). – JNat Apr 09 '16 at 14:55
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Those two books looks like OReilly ones. I found one with [a similar bird sketch](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596809577.do#), – Jesvin Jose Apr 10 '16 at 18:48
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It's obviously meant to be an O'Relliy SSH book, but it's not the real O'Reilly SSH cover (pictured here in the JP edition: http://www.oreilly.co.jp/books/images/picture_large4-87311-287-7.jpeg ) – Macha Apr 14 '16 at 22:40

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '16 at 21:07

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Aside from what's mentioned in Wally's answer, following programming and computer-related items appear:

IBN 5100, a clear expy of IBM 5100 that was featured in the original John Titor forum posts:

@chanel textboard, very likely a reference to real-life 2channel:

answered Apr 09 '16 at 21:07

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@channel is indeed a reference to 2channel (hint: Shift key) – Aki Tanaka Apr 10 '16 at 10:37
@AkiTanaka depends very much on the keyboard layout. – Worse_Username Apr 10 '16 at 15:35
@Worse_Username What do you mean? Are there keyboards that don't output @ when Shift+2 is pressed? – Wally Apr 14 '16 at 17:35
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@Wally: Most European keyboards have " on Shift-2, @ is shift-' e.g. on the UK layout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#United_Kingdom – Macha Apr 14 '16 at 22:36

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 18:54

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I believe the company that they were fighting against,'SERN', is an obvious reference to the company CERN. SERN is known to operate the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, the same goes for the real CERN.

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Just like John Titor actually *existed* (most likely as a made-up character, but still). But this isn't programming nor computer-related, and neither is SERN/CERN. – Azami Jun 08 '16 at 13:40

What are the programming and computer references in Steins;Gate?

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