registry

Etymology

From register + -y.

noun

1. A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
2. A record; an account; a register.
   The best — and easiest — way to shop for the "perfect" gift is to consult the couple's wedding gift registry, since these are the items they want and need […] 2002, Bride's Book of Etiquette (Revised), page 276
3. The act of registering; registration.
4. (computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
   To unregister a DLL and remove the corresponding entries from the registry, add the /u switch to the command […] 1999, John Papa, C. Caison, Matt Brown, Professional ADO RDS programming with ASP, page 252