20 Things You Somehow Missed In The Matrix
11. MetaCortex
As well as being just the perfect name for a middle-of-the-road, 'respectable software company' from the turn of the Millennium, MetaCortex is also a clever piece of foreshadowing for the rest of the movie.
Breaking down the word gives us 'Meta', which when used as a prefix means "transcending", and Cortex which, of course, refers to the brain. Neo, a man about to transcend the limits of his own brain, works for a company whose own name means that exact thing.
His boss also tells him that "you think you are special, and that the rules do not apply to you" which, of course, is also true.