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In English, route is synonymous with 'path'. Feel free to submit a PR if you disagree: https://man.openbsd.org/traceroute https://man.openbsd.org/traceroute

• wang_li 2y ago
  This isn't an English language question. The technology in question doesn't guarantee a singular route or a path to a destination. Subsequent packets from an originating host to a destination host can follow different paths. Even during an activity such as a traceroute. A packet that reached its TTL at what is presented as hop 12 didn't necessarily traverse previous hops displayed by traceroute.
  • nullindividual 2y ago
    You'll learn pedantry gets tiring when you get older. How traceroute is understood and displayed to the end user constitutes a route. If you have an issue with how the developers of traceroute framed it, that's on you.
    • lostemptations5 2y ago
      OP was the pedant in this case, unfortunately (for you).