registry

A variant of registery,[1] from Middle English regestery (“?a record book; ?a bookmark”),[2] partly from Medieval Latin regesterium, registerium[2][3] and probably also partly formed with -ery.[3] Equivalent to register +‎ -y.[4]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdʒɪstɹi/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

registry (countable and uncountable, plural registries)

1. (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
2. (countable) 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. (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
   • 1969, Russell C[harles] Brinker, “Boundary Surveys”, in Elementary Surveying (International Textbooks in Civil Engineering), 5th edition, Scranton, Pa.: International Textbook Company, →ISBN, page 409:

     Regulations may specify the minimum size of lot; the allowable closures for surveys; the types of corner marks to be used; the minimum width of streets, and the procedure for dedicating them; the rules for registry of plats; and other matters.

4. (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings 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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