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From: jeffb@mcnc.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: ICE
Message-ID: <2551@alvin.mcnc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 23:42:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: alvin.2551
Posted: Thu Sep 24 23:42:22 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 27-Sep-87 08:05:46 EDT
References: <1987Aug24.140756.8062@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: jeffb@alvin.UUCP (Jeffrey B. Butterworth)
Organization: Microelectronics Center of NC; RTP, NC
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This is in reference to guess's about what ICE is in Neuromancer.  It seems
pretty obvious to me that ICE is just software protection.  I've heard both
copy protection and system protection (passwords, etc.) referred to as ICE.
Maybe it comes from Integrated Circuits, but I doubt it, since almost all
protection is in the form of software.

				Jeff Butterworth
				jeffb@alvin.UUCP
				The Microelectronics Center of North Carolina