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The process of copying the songs from an audio CD is called "Digital Audio Extraction", or DAE for short. Because the music is copied from the CD in its digital form (i.e., as data rather than music), DAE has also become known as "ripping", because you are just ripping the bits from the disc, not converting them to an analog signal. This process can yield perfect, bit-for-bit copies of the original source. Or not, depending on how DAE is accomplished.
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The process of copying the songs from an audio CD is called "Digital Audio Extraction", or DAE for short. Because the music is copied from the CD in its digital form (i.e., as data rather than music), DAE has also become known as "ripping", because you are just ripping the bits from the disc, not converting them to an analog signal. This process can yield perfect, bit-for-bit copies of the original source. Or not, depending on how DAE is accomplished.
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The winner gets a cookie.
(Post the answer as a link to the page)