Registry may refer to:
Computing
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Container registry
A container is any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packaging, and transportation, including shipping.
Things kept inside of a container are protected on several sides by being inside of its structure. The term ...
, an
operating-system-level virtualization
OS-level virtualization is an operating system (OS) paradigm in which the kernel allows the existence of multiple isolated user space instances, called ''containers'' ( LXC, Solaris containers, Docker, Podman), ''zones'' (Solaris containers), '' ...
registry
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Domain name registry
A domain name registry is a database of all domain names and the associated registrant information in the top level domains of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet that enables third party entities to request administrative control of a do ...
, a database of top-level internet domain names
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Local Internet registry
A regional Internet registry (RIR) is an organization that manages the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a region of the world. Internet number resources include IP addresses and autonomous system (AS) numbers.
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Metadata registry
A metadata registry is a central location in an organization where metadata definitions are stored and maintained in a controlled method.
A metadata repository is the database where metadata is stored. The registry also adds relationships with r ...
, information system for registering metadata
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National Internet registry
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Regional Internet registry
A regional Internet registry (RIR) is an organization that manages the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a region of the world. Internet number resources include IP addresses and autonomous system (AS) numbers.
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, a database of allocated Internet number resources in a particular region of the world
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Windows Registry
The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system and for applications that opt to use the registry. The kernel, device drivers, services, Security Accounts Manager, and use ...
, a database of configuration settings in Microsoft Windows operating systems
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Service List Registry
The Service List Registry (SLR) provides an online directory of audiovisual services, based on open standards for Digital Video Broadcasting. The Service List Registry enables any compatible client device or application to query a distributed ...
, an audiovisual service discovery platform
Gifts
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Gift registry A gift registry is a particular type of wish list in Western countries.
Description
Typically, when a recipient compiles a list of items they wish to receive and then distributes it to family and friends, they have created a wish list. A registry, ...
, a particular type of wish list, e.g., for anniversaries, birthdays, graduations, honeymoons, housewarmings, showers, weddings
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Bridal registry
A bridal registry or wedding registry is a service provided by a website or retail store that assists engaged couples in the communication of gift preferences to wedding guests. Selecting items from store stock, the couple lists desired items and ...
, a retailers' plan that allows engaged couples to manage the purchase of wedding gifts
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Honeymoon registry
A honeymoon registry is a service, typically on the Internet, that assists engaged and married couples in financing their honeymoons.
History
Honeymoon registries (also known as a "travel registry" - a registry for travel related items) began in ...
, a service that assists engaged and married couples in financing their honeymoons
Government and law
* A registry is an authoritative list of one kind of information. Registries normally contain fields with a unique ID, so that the record can be referenced from other documents and registries
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Civil registry
Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events (births, marriages, and deaths) of its citizens and residents. The resulting repository or database has different names in different countries and even in differen ...
, a government record of vital events (for example, births, deaths and marriages)
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Land registry
Land registration is any of various systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession, or other rights in land are formally recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions, a ...
, an official record of land ownership
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Registry of Motor Vehicles, a government agency that administers the registration of automobiles
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Sex offender registry
A sex offender registry is a system in various countries designed to allow government authorities to keep track of the activities of sex offenders, including those who have completed their criminal sentences. In some jurisdictions, registration i ...
, a system to allow government authorities to keep track of sex offenders
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Permanent residence registry, a legislative provision that allows an illegal entrant to become a lawful permanent resident by virtue of having continuously resided in the United States since before a specified date
* Registry fee, a postal fee paid to send
registered mail
Registered mail is a mail service offered by postal services in many countries which allows the sender proof of mailing via a mailing receipt and, upon request, electronic verification that an article was delivered or that a delivery attempt was ...
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The Registry
In housing, The Registry is a risk management tool used by landlords as a screening mechanism for prospective renters. The term is most commonly used as a form of synecdoche to refer to a handful of the most common registry systems in the United ...
, a risk management tool used by landlords to screen prospective renters
Health and medicine
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Cancer registry
A cancer registry is a systematic collection of data about cancer and tumor diseases. The data are collected by National Cancer Registrars Association, Cancer Registrars. Cancer Registrars capture a complete summary of patient history, diagnosis, ...
, a systematic collection of data about cancer and tumor diseases
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NREMT or National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, which establishes and verifies entry-level competence for American first responders, emergency medical technicians and paramedics
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Nurse registry
A nurse registry, nursing registry, or register of nurses is a list of nurses who are legally licensed to practice nursing. The register is maintained by the licensing body designated by law to regulate the profession. This is the source of the ...
, a licensed staffing agency that provides hospitals and individuals with nursing personnel
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American Joint Replacement Registry
The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) is a non-profit organization established to foster the creation of a national center for data collection, and is dedicated to the improvement in arthroplasty patient care.
History
In partnership wi ...
, an organization that collects and reports hip and knee replacement data to provide actionable information to guide physicians and patient decision making to improve care
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Patient registry Disease or patient registries are collections of secondary data related to patients with a specific diagnosis, condition, or procedure, and they play an important role in post marketing surveillance of pharmaceuticals. Registries are different from ...
, an organised system that uses observational methods to collect uniform data on a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure, and that is followed over time
Other uses
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Breed registry
A breed registry, also known as a herdbook, studbook or register, in animal husbandry and the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known. Animals are usually registered by their breede ...
, a record of the ancestry and ownership of purebred animals
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Family registry
Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events ( births, marriages, and deaths) of its citizens and residents. The resulting repository or database has different names in different countries and even in differ ...
, a registry used in many countries to track information of genealogical or legal interest
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Survivor registry
A survivor registry is a list of survivors of a disaster. This assists families and acquaintances in re-establishing contact, after they have been separated
by the disruption caused by the disaster.
Holocaust
There are several databases of surviv ...
, a website where people in an area affected by a terrorist attack can post a message saying they are okay
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The Social Registry
The Social Registry is a record label based in Brooklyn, New York that was started in 2003. It was voted "Best New Record label" in The Village Voice's Best of New York issue in 2004.
Artists
Artanker Convoy,
Blood Lines,
Blood on the Wall,
C ...
, a record label
See also
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Register (disambiguation)
Register or registration may refer to:
Arts entertainment, and media Music
* Register (music), the relative "height" or range of a note, melody, part, instrument, etc.
* ''Register'', a 2017 album by Travis Miller
* Registration (organ), the ...
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Registrar (disambiguation)
A registrar is an official keeper of records made in a register. The term may refer to:
Education
* Registrar (education), an official in an academic institution who handles student records
* Registrar of the University of Oxford, one of the se ...
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''Social Register'' (film)
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Social Register
The ''Social Register'' is a semi-annual publication in the United States that indexes the members of American high society. First published in the 1880s by newspaper columnist Louis Keller, it was later acquired by Malcolm Forbes. Since 2014, it ...
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