registry
Meanings
An official list or record of names, items, or events, often maintained by a government or organization.
"The birth registry is kept at the local town hall."
A place or office where official records are kept and registered.
"She went to the land registry to check the property deed."
A list of gifts that a couple or individual wishes to receive for a specific occasion, such as a wedding or baby shower.
"They set up a wedding registry at a popular department store."
In computing, a small amount of very fast memory within a CPU used to store data temporarily during processing.
"The processor moves the value from the memory address into a register or registry for immediate calculation."
In computing, a hierarchical database used by the Windows operating system to store configuration settings and options.
"The software installer modified a key in the Windows registry to ensure the program starts on boot."