In social networks (and in the real world), the abbreviation RIP is found in comments or entries dedicated to the death of famous people. Why do they write that, and what does it mean?
The rip is an abbreviation that stands for Rest in Peace, which means "rest in peace."
History
Initially, the expression was coined by Catholics and Protestants, using the Latin requiescat in pace, which literally means "let him rest in peace." Later, the English version of rest in peace appeared. The expression is found in obituaries, on tombstones, and when referring to the recently deceased in Western Christian culture. The phrase is the end of the prayer that the deceased should rest in peace in anticipation of the Day of Judgment. In writing, as a rule, the R. I. P. instead of rip.
Modernity
Gamers often use the word rip as a synonym for dead.
These days, there are more cases of using the abbreviation rip with or without reason. This is due to the ubiquity of social networks and the fact that adolescents follow an example from foreign colleagues. In America and Europe, rip is an extremely popular commentary content on a news / entry about someone's death.
Interesting Facts
The word rip has several meanings:
1. Routing Information Protocol - a term from the field of information technology, "computer". In this case, rip stands for "routing protocol in computer networks". That is, it is a protocol that allows you to dynamically obtain new routing information.
2. Resin Impregnated Paper - resin impregnated insulation paper. Also used in spelling "RIP isolation".
3. Raster Image Processor is a typographic term, literally translated as a processor of a printing device.
4. rip, ripping is an English verb that denotes the process of transferring information from a carrier to a specific file on a hard drive. Distributed as an explanation of the type of movie on torrent trackers, for example, DVDrip (DVD copy), BDrip (Blu-ray copy), HDrip (high definition file copy), etc.
The well-known Jack the Ripper in the original spelling is Jack the Ripper.
5. rip is also an English verb that literally means "to break".
6. receptor interacting protein is a molecular biology term. Stands for a protein that interacts with the TNF receptor.
7. Rip Van Vickle is a hunter, a character in a story by American writer Washington Irving.
