Register

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə/ · noun

Meaning

A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
2. A book of such entries.
3. An entry in such a book.
4. The act of registering.
5. A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
6. One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
7. A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
8. A device that automatically records a quantity.

Example Sentences

The teacher took the register by calling out each child's name.

As you have one eye upon my follies, […] turn another into the register of your own.

a register of deeds

The division of the field into an upper and lower register, with decorative motifs in the upper register and a scene with figures in the lower register, as here, is, as has been mentioned, characteristic of Syrian seals from the early second millennium.

The east wall is decorated in raised relief with two registers of scenes above a dado showing a northward fecundity figure procession.

The reverse side is divided into three registers. In the first register is the name of Narmer represented as a fish and a chisel inscribed in the serekh.

When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

If you can trace back through the disassembly to where the variable is first loaded into a register, you can often discover its value or its address by inspecting that register.

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• registers
• registre
• registering
• registered

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