Route Daemon. A program which runs under 4.2BSD/4.3BSD UNIX systems (and derived operating systems) to propagate routes among machines on a local area network, using the RIP protocol. Pronounced "route-dee". See also: Routing Information Protocol, gated.

A UNIX daemon that implements the RIP protocol.

A program that runs under 4.2 or 4.3BDS UNIX systems (and derived operating systems) to propagate routes among machines on a local area network. Pronounced "route-dee."