🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Registrierungseditor

Pronunciation / Transliteration: regis-tʁiːʁungs-edi-toːɐ̯

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Registry Editor/ˈrɛdʒɪstri ˈɛdɪtər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Registrierungseditor ermöglicht die Bearbeitung der Windows-Konfiguration."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A specialized system application used by administrators to view and manipulate the configuration database containing settings for low-level operating system components and applications.

    "An experienced administrator used the registry editor to modify system startup parameters."
  2. 2

    A software tool designed specifically for searching, adding, modifying, or deleting keys and values within a hierarchical system registry.

    "Always create a system backup before making changes through the registry editor."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'registry' (from Middle English and Old French, ultimately from Medieval Latin 'registrum') and 'editor' (from Latin 'editorem', meaning 'one who puts forth or publishes', later adapted in computing for software that modifies data). The specific term emerged in the early 1990s with the introduction of the Windows Registry in operating systems.

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