registry

Formal record book

A registry is an official record or list where information is systematically recorded: a gift registry, a voter registry, a sex offender registry.

The term also applies to the office or system maintaining such records.

In computing, the registry is a database storing configuration settings for an operating system.

A ship's registry indicates the country under whose flag it sails.

archive

records

Stored data or albums

cataloging · indexing · preservation · manuscripts · chronicles · annals · historical · ledger · logbook · inventory

official

clerk

Office record-keeper

documentation · government · bureaucracy · agency · administration · notary · authentication · verification · compliance · regulation

birth

newborn

Infant just delivered

birth certificate · vital records · citizenship · naming · ancestry · heritage · genealogy · lineage · parentage · baptismal

database

data

Facts for analysis

  • queryRequest for information
  • tableHorizontal furniture surface
  • indexAlphabetical guide to contents

SQL · schema · server · repository · backup · encryption · access · records · entries · lookup

ship

maritime

Of the sea

  • vesselReceptacle for contents
  • flagCloth symbol or signal
  • portDocking place for ships

tonnage · Lloyd's · shipping · nautical · maritime law · classification · seafaring · merchant · enrollment · documentation

wedding

bridal

Of wedding ceremonies

housewares · china · silverware · linens · shower · couple · items · guests · newlyweds · presents

Categories
Opposites
organization and record-keeping

registrydisorganization

Absence of systematic arrangement

chaos · disorder · loss · unrecorded · disarray

official status

registryscrap paper

Discarded pages repurposed for notes

unregistered · verbal agreement · off-the-books · oral tradition · hearsay

preservation vs. loss

registryloss

Being without something

destruction · erasure · deletion · obliteration · forgetting

Phrases
Family

register, registered, registration, registers, registering, registrar, unregistered, registrant, registries

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