Editing CD ripper (section)

{{Short description|Software that convert tracks on a Compact Disc to standard computer sound files}}
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{{Use American English|date=February 2020}}
[[File:Freac 1.0.17.png|thumb|[[fre:ac]], a CD extractor and audio converter]]

A '''CD ripper''' is [[software]] that [[ripping|extracts]] raw [[digital audio]] in [[Compact Disc Digital Audio]] format tracks on a [[compact disc]] to standard computer sound files, such as [[WAV]] or [[MP3]].

A more formal term used for the process of ripping audio CDs is '''digital audio extraction''' ('''DAE''').