The net in Antinet refers to network. To Luhmann, the system he built was a network, a cybernetic network. (23)23 The Antinet, according to Luhmann, was self-referential in nature. It was self-referential because of its ability to reference itself via the numeric-alpha addresses.

Num banco de dados relacional, quando um registro aponta para o outro, dependente deste, há de se fazer regras para que o registro "pai" não possa ser excluído se ele tiver "filhos" (as suas dependências).