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Originally referring to the famous serial killer: "Jack the Ripper" the term "ripper" is an insult used when referring to pedophiles, child molesters, kiddie diddlers, perverts, sadists, rapists, incestors, murderers, woman beaters, drug pushers, or anyone else of that nature.
John Wayne Gacy was the biggest ripper.
A program that converts audio files from a CD to mp3, wav, or any other format. It's called a ripper because when you copy the track off the CD, it's like ripping (taking, copying, etc) the track out of the CD. Some examples of rippers are dBpowerAMP Music Converter, Easy CD-DA Extractor, CDex, FreeRIP, and Audiograbber.
My friend wanted to show me a song, so he ripped it from a CD he had and e-mailed it to me.