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.

Contents 1 Animal breeding 2 Computer-related 3 Gifts 4 Government 5 Medical and health

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).

Gifts

A gift registry is an account kept with a store for purposes of letting people what to purchase for someone. They track what has already been purchased and give purchasers informtion on where to ship said gifts and any other information that the gift receivers would like to pass on. Gift registries are traditionally used for weddings and births. See also honeymoon registry, bridal registry.

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).

• births, deaths and marriages
• land
• motor vehicles

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.

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