RIP

Routing Information Protocol. The most commonly used interior gateway protocol in the Internet. RIP is a distance-vector routing protocol which employs hop count as a routing metric. The maximum number of hops allowed with RIP is 15. RIP updates every 30 seconds, generating lots of network traffic.

See Routing

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Rest in peace, the 3 letter acronym often appears on tombstones.

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Raster Image Processor, as in the firmware for PostScript printers.

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The British government's controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act, which sets out the government's plans for how the security services can monitor and access communication over the internet. Critics of the act say it is a gross invasion of privacy which will destroy e-commerce in Britain, but the government argues it is necessary to crack down on internet crime and paedophilia.