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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.
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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.
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
- (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
1969, Russell C 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.
- (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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References
- ^ “registry, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “reǧisterī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “registery, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “registry (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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