English Online Dictionary. What means registry? What does registry mean?
English
Etymology
A variant of registery, from Middle English regestery (“?a record book; ?a bookmark”), partly from Medieval Latin regesterium, registerium and probably also partly formed with -ery. Equivalent to register + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛdʒɪstɹi/
Noun
registry (countable and uncountable, plural registries)
- (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
- (countable) A record; an account; a register.
- (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
- (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Derived terms
Related terms
- register
- registrar
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- Gerritys