registry

From register +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdʒɪstɹi/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

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 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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