registry

registro

Lista oficial de personas o cosas que han sido inscritas.

En inglés sencillo: An official list of people or things that have been recorded.

• Her name appears in the registry.
• Hospitals contribute information to a national patient registry.
• We searched the registry for details of the birth.

Cómo se usa: registry of someone/something (The charity keeps a registry of volunteers.)

Sinónimos: register, list

Expresiones frecuentes: national registry, registry of something, patient registry

registro de Windows

Conjunto de ajustes que Windows guarda y utiliza para controlar el ordenador y sus programas.

En inglés sencillo: A collection of settings that Windows stores and uses to control a computer and its programs.

• The program changed the registry.
• Make a backup before editing the Windows registry.
• A damaged registry can prevent the computer from starting.

Sinónimos: Windows registry

Expresiones frecuentes: windows registry, registry key, registry editor

oficina de registro

Oficina o edificio donde se guardan registros oficiales o se inscribe información nueva de manera oficial.

En inglés sencillo: An office or building where official records are kept or new information is officially recorded.

• Take these papers to the registry.
• The registry keeps copies of marriage certificates.
• We visited the registry to check the land records.

Sinónimos: registration office

Expresiones frecuentes: land registry, registry office, visit the registry