Registry
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Registry has several meanings, all of which generally relate to its original or historical meaning as a written, official or formal record of information, or the place where such records are kept.
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Animal breeding
- a breed registry for purebred animals records the ancestry and ownership of the animals.
Computer-related
- the Windows registry is a database of all configuration settings in Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
- a domain name registry that maps all domain names and other resource records to IP addresses is the Internet Domain Name System (DNS).
Government
In government, various agencies are known as registries, some of which are listed below. In this context, the term "registry" and "register" are often interchangeable (cf. register of births, deaths and marriages, and the more colloquial births, deaths, and marriages registry).
Other registries include industrial property registries (e.g. trade marks registries) and companies registries. The head official of a registry is sometimes known as the registrar.
Medical and health
- Disease registries (e.g., cancer registries) monitor incidence and course of specific diseases.
- Intervention registries are used to monitor the state of patients after medical interventions (e.g. immunization or implantation of pacemakers).
- Transplant/donor registries help to organize organ transplantation.
- In the USA, a Nurse registry is a type of licensed staffing agency which may provide hospitals and individuals with nursing personnel.
