intrusion countermeasure electronics

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intrusion countermeasure electronics - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics
  
     <security, jargon> (ICE) A contrived acronym for security
     software, coined by Usenetter Tom Maddox and popularised by
     William Gibson's cyberpunk SF novels.  In Gibson's novels
     ICE software responds to intrusion by attempting to literally
     kill the intruder.
  
     The term is not in serious use as of 2000 apart from the
     commercial software product, BlackICE and a growing number
     of others.
  
     See also: icebreaker.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2000-03-18)