RIP

(rip)

(engineering) To saw wood with the grain.
(mining engineering) To break down the roof in mine roadways to increase the headroom for haulage, traffic, and ventilation.
(oceanography) A turbulent agitation of water generally caused by the interaction of currents and wind.

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abbr. Latin
requiescat in pace (may he rest in peace; may she rest in peace)

(1) Converting an audio CD from its native CD-DA format to MP3, AAC or some other compressed audio format. When the term was coined, it had a perverse meaning. Many loved the idea they were "ripping off" the music industry by making copyrighted works available in a compact format that could be quickly downloaded over the Internet. Ripping is also called "importing." See MP3, AAC and import.

(2) Decrypting a DVD movie and storing it on a hard disk. Ripping a DVD does not result in a smaller, compressed version of the original as it does with audio files. See DeCSS.

(3) Using a raster image processor, which prepares a page for display or printing. See RIP.

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