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==Usage in fiction== The term ''ICE'' is widely used in [[cyberpunk]] fiction. ===Anime=== * ''[[Cyberpunk: Edgerunners]]'' * ''[[Cyber City Oedo 808]]'' * ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'', where ICE is referred to directly by name or else as an 'Attack Barrier'. ===Cartoons=== * ''[[Phantom 2040]]'', though in it "ICE" stands for "Integrated Cyber Environment", referring to [[cyberspace]], rather than Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics<ref name="Phantom2040">{{cite episode|title = Fire and I.C.E. | series = Phantom 2040 | series-link = Phantom 2040 | season = 1 | number = 4}}</ref> ===Card games=== * ''[[Netrunner]]'', based on ''[[Cyberpunk 2020]]'' setting, where the corporate player uses ICE and the runner player uses icebreakers; while corps in ''Netrunner'' understand ICE to be an acronym for "Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics", the runner viewpoint is that the acronym should be for "Insidious Cortical Electrocution" * ''[[Android: Netrunner]]'', an adaptation of the original ''Netrunner'' for the ''[[Android (board game)|Android]]'' setting * [[Hacker (card game)|''Hacker'']] and [[Hacker (card game)#Expansions|''Hacker II - The Dark Side'']], where the players attempt to gain illicit access systems represented by playing cards arranged in a network while avoiding getting zapped by ICE and Black ICE. ===Literature=== * ''[[Neuromancer]]'', original popularizer of the term<ref name="JargonFile"/><ref name="Neuromancer"/> * ''[[Count Zero]]'' the second novel of [[William Gibson|William Gibson's]] "Sprawl trilogy" * ''[[Hyperion (Simmons novel)|Hyperion]]'', wherein black ICE is used to defend the TechnoCore * ''[[Trouble and Her Friends]]'' by Melissa Scott, wherein IC(E) refers to Intrusion Countermeasures (Electronic), solving the problem of implying that the measures are hardware-based ===Roleplaying games=== * ''[[Cyberpunk 2020]]'', upon which the ''Netrunner'' card game is based * ''[[GURPS Cyberpunk]]'' * ''[[Shadowrun]]'', called IC (The setting drops the "electronics" [[misnomer]]) but is colloquially named "Ice" by hackers in the setting * ''Shadow of the Beanstalk'', a roleplaying game based on ''[[Android (board game)|Android]]'' universe ===Movies=== * ''[[Johnny Mnemonic (film)|Johnny Mnemonic]]'', mentioned in the opening crawl. * ''[[Track Down]]'', wherein a friend of [[Kevin Mitnick]] says in a club that he is the hacker known as "IceBreaker" ===Television=== * ''[[Babylon 5]]'', in the episode "[[Born to the Purple]]" * ''[[Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]'', in the episode "Security Systems", April 21, 1987 ===Video games=== * ''[[Anarchy Online]]'' features an item called "Hacker ICE-Breaker Source", which can be further upgraded to "Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics Upgrade". *''[[AI: The Somnium Files]]'' *[[Baldr Sky]] uses the term to describe the technology protecting the characters' "brain chips" and virtual structures. * ''[[BloodNet]]'' uses the term to describe the technology the player must overcome when hacking a computer system. * ''[[Cyberpunk 2077]]'' uses the term to refer to defensive countermeasures that prevent netrunners and cyberware from hacking a target. * ''[[Deus Ex (video game)|Deus Ex]]'', where the player's hacking program is referred to as an "ICE Breaker" * ''[[Dystopia (computer game)|Dystopia]]'', wherein there are security programs called "ICE walls" * ''[[Fallout 4]]'' uses "Black Ice" as a construction material during a cyberspace hacking minigame in the Far Harbor DLC. * ''[[Mr. Robot (video game)|Mr. Robot]]'', where "ICE" in its RPG part refers to shields or armor that can be attacked by various "ICE breaker"s * ''[[Midnight Protocol (video game)|Midnight Protocol]]'', where "ICE" is an umbrella term for security measures that shield nodes from being accessed * ''[[Neuromancer (video game)|Neuromancer]],'' where ICE, BlackICE, and ICE Breaking are highly featured. * ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]'', where players use ICE technology to bypass security. * ''[[Project Snowblind]]'', features an ICE pick, to hack enemy cameras, turrets, and robots and use them against enemy forces. * ''[[Ripper (video game)|Ripper]]'' has the player break into various cyberspace systems, which involves fighting the "ICE" security programs in the form of a [[rail shooter]]. * ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'', an item called "ICE Breaker" can be obtained and used as a hacking tool during a sequence on the Leviathan, in which the player chooses one character to remain behind and attempt to rescue the other captured party members. * ''[[StarCrawlers]]'' features an ability called Black Ice, which the Hacker character may use.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hacker |url=https://starcrawlers.gamepedia.com/Hacker#Black_Ice |website=StarCrawlers Wiki |language=en}}</ref> * ''[[System Shock]]'', where ICE is represented in cyberspace as both autonomous security programs and ICE protection attached to data or software objects appearing as blue crystal formations. * ''[[System Shock 2]]'', where an item that auto-hacks electronics is known as an "ICE-Pick" * ''[[The Ascent (video game)|The Ascent]]'', where items are protected by various levels of ICE that the player must overcome to access. * [[Invisible, Inc.]], wherein "ICE" is used intermittently with "firewalls" to reference mainframe defenses which the player-controlled AI program Incognita breaks through to take control of enemy electronics. ===Web comics=== * ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', icewalls are a standard security measure.
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