registry

n. office where registrations are recorded; database for storing system configuration information in Windows operating systems (Computers)

Registry may refer to: In animal breeding:Breed registry, a record of the ancestry and ownership of purebred animals In computing:Windows Registry, a database of configuration settings in Microsoft Windows operating systemsDomain name registry, an organization that manages the registration of top-level internet domain namesMetadata registry, a location in an organization where metadata definitions are stored and maintainedRegional Internet registry, an organization overseeing the allocation of Internet number resources in a particular region of the worldNational Internet registryLocal Internet registrySOA Registry/Repository, a program produced by SOAMatrix Software for managing SOA artifacts
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Noun
1. an official written record of names or events or transactions
(synonym) register
(hypernym) written record, written account
(hyponym) cadaster, cadastre
(derivation) register

(n.)
The place where a register is kept.
  

(n.)
The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.
  

(n.)
A record; an account; a register.
  

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 analyzed. For example, analysis of data in a tumor registry maintained at a hospital may show a rise in lung cancer among women.