RIP

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RIP may stand for:

• "Rest In Peace" (from latin: requiescat in pace) is a prayer that the departed may be at peace, not in torment, while awaiting Judgment Day. "RIP" or "Rest in Peace" typically appears on tombstones.
• Ranger Indoctrination Program, a U.S. Army program required for enlisted personnel prior to assignment to a Ranger battalion.
• Rapid Interface Prototyping, a software development methodologies whereby a common set of user interface components are prebuilt, and assembled with the assistance of the end user
• Raster image processor, a component used in a printing system which produces a bitmap
• Recovery Is Possible, a Linux distribution
• Register Instruction Pointer, in the x64 instruction sets
• Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis, a biochemical process during which protein domains are cleaved inside a lipid bilayer, releasing the intracellular domain.
• Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the British government's controversial rules for intercepting communications on all telecommunications (including the Internet) and postal networks
• Remote Imaging Protocol or "RIPscrip", a method of using graphics instead of text on a BBS
• Repeat induced point-mutation.
• Ribosome inhibiting protein, in molecular biology
• RIP (band), (abbreviation for "Riht Is Pínung", from Old English: "The Right Is Torture") Noise-Rock & Neofolk band from Argentina.
• Rock In Peace, a rare AC/DC song from 1976.
• Roleplaying the Infinite Possibilities, a computer RPG system
• Rogue Island Police, an enemy group from the City of Villains.
• Routing Information Protocol, a routing protocol for IP, IPX, or IDP
• Royal Institute of Philosophy, a UK institution which publishes the journals Philosophy and Think, arranges/sponsors lectures and conferences, and grants scholarships to philosophy postgraduates.
• Rust In Peace, fourth studio album by Megadeth.

In the ware(s)(z) scene a RIP is being referred to as a game, which had been minimized in size, ripping both Music, Movies, or Voice-Acting. The intention is to provide people with a full game, without all the content. In existence there are dozen of "ripping-groups" these are groups that rip the games, but also crack the game, so that it could be played without a CD.

See also:

• Rip