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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rip</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="Right-Thing.html" title="Right Thing"/><link rel="next" href="ripoff.html" title="ripoff"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rip</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Right-Thing.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ripoff.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rip"/><dt xmlns="" id="rip"><b>rip</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. To extract the digital representation of a piece of music from an
audio CD. Software that does this is often called a &#8220;<span class="quote">CD
ripper</span>&#8221;. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [Amiga hackers] To extract sound or graphics from a program that
they have been compiled/assembled into, or which generates them at
run-time. In the case of older Amiga games this entails searching through
memory shortly after a reboot. This sense has been in use for many years
and probably gave rise to the (now more common) sense 1.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Right-Thing.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ripoff.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Right Thing </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> ripoff</td></tr></table></div></body></html>