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ice
n. [coined by Usenetter Tom Maddox, popularized by William Gibson's
cyberpunk SF novels: a contrived acronym for Intrusion Countermeasure
Electronics ] Security software (in Gibson's novels, software that responds
to intrusion by attempting to immobilize or even literally kill the
intruder).