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Webster 1913 Edition

Registry

Reg′is-try

(r?j′?s-tr?)
,
Noun.
1.
The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.
2.
The place where a register is kept.
3.
A record; an account; a register.
Sir W. Temple.

Webster 1828 Edition

Registry

REG'ISTRY

, n.
1.
The act of recording or writing in a register.
2.
The place where a register is kept.
3.
A series of facts recorded.

Definition 2025

registry

registry

English

Noun

registry ‎(plural registries)

  1. A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
  2. A record; an account; a register.
    • 2002, Bride's Book of Etiquette (Revised) (page 276)
      The best — and easiest — way to shop for the "perfect" gift is to consult the couple's wedding gift registry, since these are the items they want and need […]
  3. The act of registering; registration.
  4. (computing) A database of configurations etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
    • 1999, John Papa, ‎C. Caison, ‎Matt Brown, Professional ADO RDS programming with ASP (page 252)
      To unregister a DLL and remove the corresponding entries from the registry, add the /u switch to the command […]

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