The Metanet is a complex system that connects the Internet--the mostly mundane worldwide network of computers and information--to The Seams, the interconnective plane of existence that connects various realities within the universe. Accessing the Metanet is easy; almost any connected device can do it. But certain features of the Metanet are inaccessible to any but those with special computers that have a special kind of networking/processing unit called various things, but most commonly a "Cerulean Key."

Most of the Metanet is just like the Internet, just impressively coded websites, search engines, and other nodes in the vast cloud of information that reaches beyond the bounds of the primary plane. Imagine a website built not just with mundane code but also with code that controls radiant energy and dumaqu. It will look pretty amazing. Imagine a computer with a harddrive improved by draconic power, able to improve itself as it fills up so that it actually gets faster and hold more information. Imagine using Theuwissean magic to code a virus. This is Esoteric Computing, one of the most advanced forms of Superscience in the world. These things can even be accessed by mundane computers (and phones and tablets and so on), but certain more technical aspects of them that are involved with the Metanet are inaccessible without a Cerulean Key. So you can use esoteric computing to build an impressive machine, but without a Cerulean Key, it cannot connect to the backend of the Metanet.

The Metanet is possible because of something called Seamspace, the backend. Seamspace is not a space at all, but rather, the code and energies that were crafted throughout the Seams to connect computers from different realities. This is made possible because of a paradoxical energy called "complexity." Complexity is one of the rarest and most, err, complex energies extant, a byproduct of paradox that is infinitely vast and difficult. The use of complexity is only possible through technological intervention, which is what the Cerulean Keys do. No one knows who invented the Cerulean Keys, but they are the tools that allow anyone and everyone who can afford to own one to interact with other realities. It is known that the first Cerulean Keys were magical--complexity famously can be interacted with by any other form of energy--and that later versions utilize every kind of energy imaginable.

Because different energies interact in different ways, many computers have to be carefully built. Magic and void do not mix on computers, nor do aether and msawhat, nor qi and msawhat. Infernum and heavenly light would not work, either. And so on. So there are a plethora of ways to build an esoteric machine, and some energies are better for somethings than others. Similarly, a machine running on certain kinds of power cannot handle programs crafted with certain other kinds, following much the same pattern. This gives talented and malicious users the ability to crash other machines by hiding incompatible code in unlikely places.

So there's hardware and software and the interaction between the two to consider, and there's networking esoteric channels.

Energy	Classification	Strengths	Flaws	Incompatibilities	Requirements
Entropy	Infernal	Malware programming, temporarily high end processing	Cannot be permanent; hard to harness for hardware	Heavenly, Law, Rending	Programming: Zeronysian language Hardware: chaos-tech
Infernum	Infernal	Malware programming, automation, high end processing and storage, networking, databases, searching, protection, power supply	It comes with non-monetary costs; cannot be freely given; cannot make benevolent programs well	Heavenly, especially Hegnh, Rending	Programming: demonic language Hardware: demonological infusion
Shadow	Infernal	Malware that consumes and gathers information, obfuscation, cooling, sound-dampening, networking	Difficult to code; comes with non-monetary costs	Heavenly, especially Heavenly Light, Rending, Gebvel	Programming: shadow language Hardware: shadowweaving
Void	Infernal	Nullifcation-based programming, deletion, high end processing, improving the speed/capacity of RAM and hard drives, networking	Creates unstable memory and storage; large list of incompatibilities	Magic, Heavenly, Aether, some forms of Shebv Heya, Faith, Msawhat, Body, Emotion, non-void Souls, Rending	Programming: irritological language Hardware: irritology
Arnum	Infernal	Malware, protection, high volume sound cards, feedback, power supply	Can be unstable; bad for benign programming; can cause actual pain to user	Heavenly, Qi, Body, Rending, Yahas	Programming: cacophonic language Hardware: tribulation techniques
Msawhat	Infernal	Corrupting malware, viruses, automation, storage, cooling	Can damage the soul of the user; bad for benign programming	Heavenly, Qi, Void, Aether, Rending, Mashoaab	Programming: nectroic whispering Hardware: various, see msawhat
Rending	Infernal	Destruction, deletion	Destroys pretty much everything	Anything except Paradox, destructive spirits	Programming: hexology Hardware: hexology
Heavenly Light	Heavenly	Protection, benevolent programs, cooling, networking, subroutine and services, power supply	Cannot be used by evil; hard to use even by the neutral; cannot be used to make malware	Infernal	Programming: angelic language Hardware: angelology
Hegnh	Heavenly	Protection, backups, hard-to-damage hardware	Rigid, any error means complete failure	Infernal	Programming: hieronic language Hardware: angelology
Radiance	Heavenly	High performance programming, processing, networking, power supply, performance enhancement	Fragile; often requires proximity	Infernal	Programming: radiant language Hardware: radiant touch
Foundation	Heavenly	Motherboards, fundamental programming	Requires specific materials for hardware; rare	Infernal	Programming: Foundational/shemir language Hardware: aedificarium
Dumaqu	Heavenly	Elegance and beauty in hardware and programming	Fragile; requires rare materials	Infernal	Programming: jewel code Hardware: sabu
Elysian	Heavenly	Anything so long as it is not evil	Impossible to control or predict	Infernal	Programming and hardware: must have innate Elysian abilities or chance upon a miracle
Astral Aether	Aether	Power supply, movement of information or hardware, moving parts, casing, RAM and storage, graphics	Does not work well with small things; can be unstable	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: zodiacal crafting
Lunar Aether	Aether	Graphics, cooling, power supply, reflections in programming, searching	Subject to cyclical changes in efficiency and effectiveness; does not work well in sunlight	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: reflective technology
Rubedian Aether	Aether	Deletion and heat resistance, power supply, malware, consumptive programs	Burns out quickly	Msawhat, Void, Rending, Gebvel	Programming: elemental language Hardware: ars ignis
Earth Power	Aether	Protection, casing	Slow; rigid and hard to work with	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: druidic infusion
The Currents	Aether	Networking, cooling	Can interact poorly with electrical elements; requires actual water present for some functions; hard to control	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: metapolitics
Sol Angelic Aether	Aether	Power supply, deletion, protection, heat resistance, revelation	Rare; subject to cyclical changes in power; does not work well at night	Msawhat, Void, Brumal Aether, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: dawntread-crafting
Greenlight	Aether	Power supply, cooling, regenerative programming, storage	Requires constant tending; especially weak to msawhat	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: alternational crafting, druidic infusion
Bestial Aether	Aether	Power supply, searching, processing, automation	Unpredictable	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: inscripting
Pattern Aether	Aether	Power supply, pattern-finding programing, databases, connectors, processing, power flow	Can be unstable	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: meteorotraction
The Winds	Aether	Cooling, power supply, movement, speed	Very unstable; very very very unstable	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: windsinging
Temporal Aether	Aether	Speed, clocks and other time-oriented programming	Look, if you mess with time, bad things can happen; very difficult to use	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: chronotech
Brumal Aether	Aether	Cooling, stasis	Can sap one's emotions; can slow the machine	Void, Sol Angelic Aether, Rending, Resonance	Programming: elemental language Hardware: heartdraining
White Tiger Aether	Aether	Casing, wiring, anything metallic, protection	Can become too rigid	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: esoteric smithing, bai laihu xiao
Fundamental Aether	Aether	Power supply, power flow, basic programming, push/pull, electromagnetism	Very difficult to use; very difficult to understand	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: hyperphysics
Seasonal Aether	Aether	Power supply, cooling	Seasonally empowered	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: druidic infusion
Viridian Aether	Aether	All Aetherial strengths	Can have any of the above Aetherial flaws, depending on how it is used	Msawhat, Void, Rending	Programming: elemental language Hardware: druidic infusion
Poioumenon	Poioumenon	Almost everything	Circumstantial weaknesses depending on uses	Rending, everything else is Circumstantial	Programming: lore code Hardware: lore crafting
Fortune	Poioumenon	High performance programming and hardware, especially processing	Unpredictable, impossible to control	Fate, Rending	Programming and hardware: specific materials
Fate	Poioumenon/Shebv Heya	Search, predictive programs, RAM	Rigidity; very very rare	Fortune, Rending, Flux	Programming: djinn language Hardware: special thread
Dream	Poioumenon	Graphics, non-linear logic	Unpredictable	Msawhat, Rending, everything else is Circumstantial	Programming: fey language Hardware: fey materials
Symbolism	Poioumenon	Simple associations	Too simple	Rending	Programming: archos language Hardware: specific materials, inovcation
Yahas	Poioumenon	Connections, networking, circuitry, motherboards, search, communication	Fragile	Rending, Arnum	Programming: y gylched Hardware: special materials
Kor	Poioumenon	Power supply, complicated programming	Relies on a Moment, Feat, or Opportunity to activate	Rending	Programming: feats Hardware: feats
Mana (Magic)	Poioumenon	Almost everything	Mostly just its incompatibilities	Void, Ambrosia, Rending, Antifaith	Programming: magical language Hardware: magic
Curse	Nommic	Anything negative	Can't be used positively; must be applied after-the-fact	Rending	Programming: curses Hardware: curses
Shebv Heya	Shebv Heya	Decision-making programs	Must remain neutral to work effectively	Rending	Programming: shebvic language Hardware: special materials
Fate	Shebv Heya/Poioumenon	Search, predictive programs, RAM	Rigidity; very very rare	Rending, Fortune, Flux	Programming: djinn language Hardware: special thread
Gebvel	Shebv Heya	Protection, casing	Rigid; inherently difficult to work with	Rending	Programming: shebvic language Hardware: static binding
Draconic Power	Shebv Heya	Accumulative programming, storage, processing, RAM, protection, power supply	Hard to find sources of draconic energy; hard to work with; while it is only incompatible with Rending, it is notorious difficult to get it to work with any other non-shebvic energy	Rending	Programming: draconic language Hardware: special materials
Damaskian Power	Shebv Heya	Processing power, search, malware, casing, complicated programming, power supply	Requires more energy than most; not user-friendly	Rending	Programming: figgum Hardware: figgum
The Gates	Shebv Heya	Deletion, access, connectors, networking certain specific planes, malware, termination	Delving beyond the Gates can kill you	Rending, Qi	Programming: valkyr language Hardware: special materials
Mystery (Arcanum)	Shebv Heya	Obfuscation, security, cooling	Hard to learn	Rending, Nommic	Programming: arcanum Hardware: arcanum
Mashoaab	Shebv Heya	Storage, efficiency, commercial and transactional programming, networking	Requires many transactions	Rending, Msawhat	Programming: shebvic language Hardware: hoarding
True Name	Nommos	Anything	Circumsantial depending on use	Rending	Programming: Namecasting Hardware: Namecasting
Soul	Nommos (Soul)	Anything	Circumstnatial depending on Soul(s)	Rending, Circumstantial for other energies	Programming: soulsight Hardware: soul-binding
Antifaith	Nommos (Soul)	Protection	Requires rejecting the Divine; limited uses	Rending, Divinity, Law, Magic	Programming: antifaith Hardware: antifaith
Resonance (Emotion)	Nommos (Emotion)	Varies by emotion	Varies by emotion	Rending, Brumal Aether	Programming: poetry Hardware: emotional-binding
Collective Subconscious (Psionics)	Nommos (Mind)	Networking, storage, memory, search, protection, most programming	Limited in interactions; must be innate to user	Rending	Programming: psionics Hardware: psionics
Flesh	Nommos (Body)	Power supply	Rots; varies by flesh; cannot be used in programming	Arnum, Rending	Programming: n/a Hardware: Flesh
Blood	Nommos (Body)	Varies by blood	Varies by blood; cannot be used in programming	Arnum, Rending	Programming: n/a Hardware: Blood
Bone	Nommos (Body)	Varies by bone	Varies by bone; cannot be used in programming	Rending, Arnum	Programming: n/a Hardware: Bone
Qi	Nommos (Body)	Protection, automation, performance	Requires using up lifeforce; bad for corruptive programming	Rending, Msawhat, Arnum, Gates	Programming: ashar-use Hardware: ashar-use
Divinity	Ambrosia	Anything	Requires faith	Rending, Void, Blasphemy, Antifaith	Programming: Prayer Hardware: Prayer
Law	Ambrosia	Anything	Risks the wrath of the Divine	Rending, Blasphemy, Antifaith, Entropy	Programming: Lawcasting Hardware: Lawcasting
Spirit	Ambrosia	Varies by spirit	Varies by spirit	Varies by spirit	Programming: Spiritcasting Hardware: Spiritcasting
Blasphemy	Ambrosia	Protection, malware	Requires rejecting the Divine; limited uses	Rending, Divinity, Law, Magic	Programming: Blasphemy Hardware: Blasphemic invocation
Paradox	Paradox	Anything	Impossible to harness	None	Programming: Samfie Hardware: Samfie
Recursion	Paradox	Anything	Impossible to harness	None	Programming: unknown Hardware: unknown
Possibility	Paradox	Predictive programming; RAM; processing	Requires rare power to harness	None	Programming: tertial power Hardware: tertial power
Complexity	Paradox	Anything	Requires rare power to harness	None	Programming: the infinite language Hardware: outside energy manipulations
Flux	Paradox	Changes and alterations and movement and speed	Can go too fast; very difficult to harness; hard to predict; unstable	None	Programming: varies Hardware:varies
Ethereal Energy	Ethereal	Unknown	Currently undiscovered	Rending	Programming: unknown Hardware: unknown