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a) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.b) A register.
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registry — re‧gis‧try [ˈredʒstri] noun registries PLURALFORM [countable] a place where official records are kept and can be examined by members of the public: • the Trade Marks Registry ˈcompanies ˌregistry [countable usually plural] LAW in Britain and… … Financial and business terms
Registry — may refer to:In animal breeding: * Breed registry, a record of the ancestry and ownership of purebred animalsIn computing: * Windows Registry, a database of configuration settings in Microsoft Windows operating systems * Domain name registry, an… … Wikipedia
Registry — (Registrierung, Registrierdatenbank], eine zentrale hierarchisch aufgebaute Datenbank bei Windows 95, Windows NT und den Folgeversionen, in der die Systemkonfiguration gespeichert ist. Sie enthält Informationen, die vom Betriebssystem während… … Universal-Lexikon
registry — reg·is·try / re jə strē/ n pl tries 1: registration an instrument filed for registry in the conveyance records Louisiana Civil Code 2: the nationality of a ship according to its entry in a register … Law dictionary
Registry — (engl. für „Register“) steht für: Domain Name Registry, eine Organisation, die Internet Domains verwaltet Eine allgemeine Bezeichnung für eine Datenbank oder andere Speicherform in der Computertechnik, die Registrierungszwecken dient, wobei diese … Deutsch Wikipedia
Registry — Reg is*try (r?j ?s*tr?), n. 1. The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration. [1913 Webster] 2. The place where a register is kept. [1913 Webster] 3. A record; an account; a register. Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
registry — (n.) 1580s, act of registering; see REGISTER (Cf. register) + Y (Cf. y) (1). Meaning book of record is from 1620s … Etymology dictionary
registry — ► NOUN (pl. registries) 1) a place where registers are kept. 2) registration … English terms dictionary
registry — [rej′is trē] n. pl. registries 1. REGISTRATION 2. an office where registers are kept 3. an official record or list; register 4. a certificate showing the nationality of a merchant ship as recorded in an official register … English World dictionary
registry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ central ▪ a central registry for all applicants ▪ district (BrE), national, regional ▪ land (BrE) … Collocations dictionary
Registry — Although a registry was originally the place (like Registry House in Edinburgh) where information was collected (in registers), the word registry has also come to mean the collection itself. A registry is usually organized so the data can be… … Medical dictionary
