[W/K] :: Routing Information Protocol

  Routing Information Protocol
       
          1.  (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.  (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          RIP has been partly superseded by NLSP.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)