registry

/ˈredʒɪstri/ noun [C] (plural registries)

Definition

› an official record of people or things relating to a business or other activity: The centre manages an online registry of share ownership.on/in the registry Sixty companies have been listed on the registry since it opened. There was no reliable public property registry.

› an organization or place that keeps official records: You can get the dates from the central registry in the town hall. The registry has now published the statewide cancer data.

› IT on some computer systems, the place on the computer where information is recorded about software settings on the computer: In order for your computer to know how to run properly, the registry sets up instructions for it to follow. A slow computer is often the result of registry errors.