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RIP

(1) See ripping.

(2) (Raster Image Processor) The hardware and/or software that rasterizes an image for display or printing. RIPs are designed to rasterize a specific type of data, such as PostScript. As desktop computers became more powerful, software RIPs became more appealing than specialized hardware RIPs. Software can be upgraded more easily, and the operation is always speeded up by installing a faster CPU. See rasterize.

(2) (Routing Information Protocol) A simple routing protocol that is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. It determines a route based on the smallest hop count between source and destination. RIP is a distance vector protocol that routinely broadcasts routing information to its neighboring routers and is known to waste bandwidth. It also has a limit of 15 hops. If a route is advertised as having 16 hops, it is flagged as unreachable. AppleTalk, DECnet, TCP/IP, NetWare and VINES all use incompatible versions of RIP. See routing protocol.

(3) (Remote Imaging Protocol) An earlier graphics format from TeleGrafix Communications, designed for transmitting graphics over low-speed lines. Using a communications program that supported RIP enabled graphical interfaces to be used on a BBS with respectable performance via modem.

rip Informal, archaic

an old worn-out horse

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.

RIP [¦är¦ī¦pēorrip]

(graphic arts)

raster image processor

rip

To cut wood lengthwise, parallel to the grain.

1.	(networking)	RIP - Routing Information Protocol.
2.	(application, printer)	RIP - Raster Image Processor.
3.	(audio)	rip - (From "rip off" - to steal) To copy audio or video (e.g. from a compact disc) to a file, e.g. an MP3 digital audio file, on a computer hard disk. While it may be legal to do this for personal use, ripping a copyright work and distributing the result to others could result in prosecution.

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No references found	Better than all, except the 'Conquest of Granada', I liked the 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and the story of Rip Van Winkle, with their humorous and affectionate caricatures of life that was once of our own soil and air; and the 'Tales of the Alhambra', which transported me again, to the scenes of my youth beside the Xenil. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context Bazin gone, the mendicant cast a rapid glance around him in order to be sure that nobody could either see or hear him, and opening his ragged vest, badly held together by a leather strap, he began to rip the upper part of his doublet, from which he drew a letter. The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context Well, I'd got to talk so nice it wasn't no comfort -- I'd got to go up in the attic and rip out awhile, every day, to git a taste in my mouth, or I'd a died, Tom. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context	Rio Tinto process Rio Treaty Riobamba Riodininae rioja Riom riometer Rion Rioni Riopelle, Jean-Paul Riordan Mansion State Historic Park Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail Riordan, Richard J. Rios Morales, Juan Antonio Ríos Morales, Juan Antonio riot Riot Act riot grenade riot gun riot, rout, and unlawful assembly riot-control agent riot-control gas Riotinto Ríotinto Riouw Archipelago rip rip channel rip current rip panel Riparia riparian riparian right riparian rights riparian water loss riparian zone ripbit ripcord ripcording ripe RIPE NCC RIPEM Ripening Ripening of Fruit Riphath Riphean ripidolite Ripken, Cal, Jr. Ripley County Ripley, George Ripley, Robert Ripon	rioters rioters rioting rioting rioting rioting Riotinto Ríotinto Riotise Riotour riotous riotous Riotous Conduct Riotous Conduct Riotous Conduct riotously riotously riotousness riotousness Riotry riots riots riots riots Riots and Civil Commotions Riotshield Riotsquad Riouw Archipelago RIOVD RIOY rip Rip (CD) Rip (CD) RIP 1 rip apart rip away rip channel RIP Cigarette Rip cord Rip cord Rip cord rip current rip current Rip Current Experiment Rip currents Rip currents rip down rip down rip entry rip in half rip in two rip into rip into rip into rip into rip into rip off rip off rip off rip off rip off

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Better than all, except the 'Conquest of Granada', I liked the 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and the story of Rip Van Winkle, with their humorous and affectionate caricatures of life that was once of our own soil and air; and the 'Tales of the Alhambra', which transported me again, to the scenes of my youth beside the Xenil.

My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context

Bazin gone, the mendicant cast a rapid glance around him in order to be sure that nobody could either see or hear him, and opening his ragged vest, badly held together by a leather strap, he began to rip the upper part of his doublet, from which he drew a letter.

The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

Well, I'd got to talk so nice it wasn't no comfort -- I'd got to go up in the attic and rip out awhile, every day, to git a taste in my mouth, or I'd a died, Tom.

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

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