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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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A breed registry for purebred animals records the ancestry and ownership of the animals.

The Windows registry is a database of all configuration settings in Microsoft Windows operating systems in all Windows NT based operating systems and later also in home-based versions from Windows 95 onwards. The registry has been known to be a common cause of computer slow down in cases of poor maintenance.

A Domain name registry - in terms of the Domain Name System - is a repository that contains information about every name registered. The root (registry managed by IANA), is a repository of information about all the top level domain names (tld's). Similaraly each tld registry is a repository of second level domain names (sld's).

An XML registry or SOA registry is an enabling infrastructure for building, deploying, and discovering Web services through rich metadata management capabilities for classification and association, as well as rich query capabilities.

A gift registry is an account kept with a store for the purposes of letting people know what to purchase for someone. The recipients indicate which items they would like to receive, and the registry tracks what has already been purchased and gives purchasers any information that the gift receivers would like to pass on, including where to ship said gifts. Gift registries are traditionally used for weddings and births. See also honeymoon registry, bridal registry.

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.

• 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.

A registry is another name for the university administrative office of the Registrar, or a subdivision of the Registrar's office, or a part of a University's administration that deals with student records management.