A routing protocol specifies how routers communicate with each other, disseminating information that enables them to select routes between any two nodes on a computer network. Routing algorithms determine the specific choice of route.
2. Although it appears on few lists of the most deadly venomous snakes, this 2-foot carpet viper of the savannas of western Africa appears to cause more deaths than all other African species combined, perhaps more than 20,000 per year among agricultural workers.
The saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) may be the deadliest of all snakes, since scientists believe it to be responsible for more human deaths than all other snake species combined. Its venom, however, is lethal in less than 10 percent of untreated victims, but the snake's aggressiveness means it bites early and often.