routing information protocol

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Routing Information Protocol

   1. <networking> (RIP) A {distance vector}, as opposed to {link
   state}, {routing} {protocol}.  RIP is an {Internet} {standard}
   {Interior Gateway Protocol} defined in {STD} 34, {RFC 1058}
   and updated by {RFC 1388}.

   See also {Open Shortest Path First}.

   2. <networking> (RIP) A companion {protocol} to {IPX} for
   exchange of {routing} information in a {Novell} {network}.
   RIP has been partly superseded by {NLSP}.  It is not related
   to the {Internet} protocol of the same name.

   (1997-03-04)