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reg·is·ter 
[rej-uh-ster] Pronunciation Key
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[rej-uh-ster] Pronunciation Key –noun
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| 1. | a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept. |
| 2. | a list or record of such acts, events, etc. |
| 3. | an entry in such a book, record, or list. |
| 4. | an official document issued to a merchant ship as evidence of its nationality. |
| 5. | registration or registry. |
| 6. | a mechanical device by which certain data are automatically recorded. |
| 7. | cash register. |
| 8. | Music.
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| 9. | a device for controlling the flow of warmed air or the like through an opening, as from a duct to an interior, composed of a number of narrow, parallel blades, usually behind a grating, that may be adjusted so as to overlap and close the opening. |
| 10. | Photography. proper relationship between two plane surfaces in photography, as corresponding plates in photoengraving. |
| 11. | Printing.
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| 12. | a bookmark, esp. a ribbon attached to the spine of a book. |
| 13. | Linguistics. a variety of language typically used in a specific type of communicative setting: an informal register; the register of scientific discourse. |
| 14. | Computers. a high-speed storage location in the CPU, used to store a related string of bits, as a word or phrase. |
| 15. | to enter or cause to be entered formally in a register. |
| 16. | to cause (mail) to be recorded upon delivery to a post office for safeguarding against loss, theft, damage, etc., during transmission. |
| 17. | to enroll (a student, voter, etc.) in a school or course of study, on the voting rolls, etc. |
| 18. | to indicate by a record, as instruments do: The thermometer registered 102 degrees today. |
| 19. | to indicate or show, as on a scale. |
| 20. | Printing. to adjust so as to secure exact correspondence; cause to be in register. |
| 21. | Military. to adjust (fire) on a known point. |
| 22. | to show (surprise, joy, anger, etc.), as by facial expression or by actions. |
| 23. | to document (a merchant ship engaged in foreign trade) by issuing a certificate of registry. |
| 24. | to enter one's name or cause it to be entered in a register; enroll: to register at a motel. |
| 25. | to apply for and obtain inclusion of one's name on the list of voters. |
| 26. | to enroll in a school or course of study: I've registered for three English classes. |
| 27. | Printing. to be in register. |
| 28. | to show: A broad smile registered on his face. |
| 29. | to have some effect; make some impression: My plea didn't register on him at all. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME registre < MF, OF < ML registrum, regestrum, alter. of LL regesta catalog, list, n. use of neut. pl. of L regestus, ptp. of regerere to carry back, pile up, collect, equiv. to re- re + ges-, s. of gerere to bear + -tus ptp. suffix; (v.) ME registren (< MF registrer) < ML registrāre, deriv. of registrum]
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reg·is·ter·er, noun
reg·is·tra·ble, reg·is·ter·a·ble, adjective
—Synonyms 1. record, ledger, archive. 2. roll, roster, catalogue, chronicle, schedule, annals. 15. enroll, list, record, catalogue, chronicle. 22. demonstrate, evince.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| reg·is·ter
(rěj'ĭ-stər) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. reg·is·tered, reg·is·ter·ing, reg·is·ters v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English registre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin registrum, alteration of Late Latin regesta, from Latin, neuter pl. past participle of regerere, to record : re-, re- + gerere, to carry.] reg'is·ter·er n., reg'is·tra·ble (-ĭ-strə-bəl) adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
register (n.)
register (n.)
1377, from M.L. registrum, alteration of L.L. regesta "list, matters recorded," from L. regesta, neuter pl. of regestus, pp. of regerere "to record," lit. "to carry back," from re- "back" + gerere "carry, bear." Some senses influenced by association with L. regere "to rule." The verb is attested from 1390, from O.Fr. registrer (13c.). Cash register is from 1875, from earlier meaning "device by which data is automatically recorded" (1830).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| register | |
noun | |
| 1. | an official written record of names or events or transactions |
| 2. | (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments |
| 3. | a book in which names and transactions are listed |
| 4. | (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind |
| 5. | an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room |
| 6. | a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device |
| 7. | a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill [syn: cash register] |
verb | |
| 1. | record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions |
| 2. | record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint" [syn: file] |
| 3. | enroll to vote; "register for an election" |
| 4. | be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" [syn: record] |
| 5. | indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read 'empty'" [syn: read] |
| 6. | have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties [syn: cross-file] |
| 7. | show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register" |
| 8. | manipulate the registers of an organ |
| 9. | send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter" |
| 10. | enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?" |
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: reg·is·ter
Pronunciation: 're-j&-st&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French registre, from Medieval Latin registrum, alteration of Late Latin regesta, pl., register, from Latin, neuter plural of regestus, past participle of regerere to bring back, pile up, collect
1 : a written record containing regular entries of items or details; specifically : POLICE REGISTER
2 a : a book or system of public records (as titles or patents) b : a roster of qualified or available individuals c : the formal record maintained by a corporation of the names and addresses of holders of its registered securities
3 : REGISTRY
4Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English registrer registrar
: REGISTRAR
Main Entry: reg·is·ter
Pronunciation: 're-j&-st&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French registre, from Medieval Latin registrum, alteration of Late Latin regesta, pl., register, from Latin, neuter plural of regestus, past participle of regerere to bring back, pile up, collect
1 : a written record containing regular entries of items or details; specifically : POLICE REGISTER
2 a : a book or system of public records (as titles or patents) b : a roster of qualified or available individuals c : the formal record maintained by a corporation of the names and addresses of holders of its registered securities
3 : REGISTRY
4Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English registrer registrar
: REGISTRAR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: register
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -tered; -ter·ing
transitive verb 1 : to make or secure official entry of in a register <register a car> <register a title>
2 : to enroll formally esp. as a voter or student
3 : to secure special protection for (a piece of mail) by prepayment of a fee intransitive verb 1 : to enroll one's name in a register
2 : to enroll one's name officially as a prerequisite for voting
Main Entry: register
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -tered; -ter·ing
transitive verb 1 : to make or secure official entry of in a register <register a car> <register a title>
2 : to enroll formally esp. as a voter or student
3 : to secure special protection for (a piece of mail) by prepayment of a fee intransitive verb 1 : to enroll one's name in a register
2 : to enroll one's name officially as a prerequisite for voting
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
register
1. One of a small number of high-speed memory locations in a computer's CPU. Registers differ from ordinary random-access memory in several respects:
There are only a small number of registers (the "register set"), typically 32 in a modern processor though some, e.g. SPARC, have as many as 144. A register may be directly addressed with a few bits. In contrast, there are usually millions of words of main memory (RAM), requiring at least twenty bits to specify a memory location. Main memory locations are often specified indirectly, using an indirect addressing mode where the actual memory address is held in a register.
Registers are fast; typically, two registers can be read and a third written -- all in a single cycle. Memory is slower; a single access can require several cycles.
The limited size and high speed of the register set makes it one of the critical resources in most computer architectures. Register allocation, typically one phase of the back-end, controls the use of registers by a compiled program.
See also accumulator, FUBAR, orthogonal, register dancing, register allocation, register spilling.
2. An addressable location in a memory-mapped peripheral device. E.g. the transmit data register in a UART.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Register, GA (town, FIPS 64372) Location: 32.36560 N, 81.88411 W
Population (1990): 195 (76 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30452
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Reg"is*ter\, v. t. (Securities) To enter the name of the owner of (a share of stock, a bond, or other security) in a register, or record book. A registered security is transferable only on the written assignment of the owner of record and on surrender of his bond, stock certificate, or the like.
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Reg"is*ter\ (r[e^]j"[i^]s*t[~e]r), n. [OE. registre, F. registre, LL. registrum,regestum, L. regesta, pl., fr. regerere, regestum, to carry back, to register; pref. re- re- + gerere to carry. See Jest, and cf. Regest.]1. A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule. As you have one eye upon my follies, . . . turn another into the register of your own. --Shak. 2. (Com.) (a) A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district. (b) 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 an evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title. 3. [Cf. LL. registrarius. Cf. Regisrar.] One who registers or records; a registrar; a recorder; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events; as, a register of deeds. 4. That which registers or records. Specifically: (a) (Mech.) A contrivance for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the rapidity of a process. (b) (Teleg.) The part of a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message received. (c) A machine for registering automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway, fares taken, etc.; a telltale. 5. A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation. 6. (Print.) (a) The inner part of the mold in which types are cast. (b) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet. (c) The correspondence or adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2. 7. (Mus.) (a) The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor register. Note: In respect to the vocal tones, the thick register properly extends below from the F on the lower space of the treble staff. The thin register extends an octave above this. The small register is above the thin. The voice in the thick register is called the chest voice; in the thin, the head voice. Falsetto is a kind off voice, of a thin, shrull quality, made by using the mechanism of the upper thin register for tones below the proper limit on the scale. --E. Behnke. (b) A stop or set of pipes in an organ. Parish register, A book in which are recorded the births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials in a parish. Syn: List; catalogue; roll; record; archives; chronicle; annals. See List.
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Reg"is*ter\ (r[e^]j"[i^]s*t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Registered (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Registering.] [Cf. F. regisrer, exregistrer, LL. registrare. See Register, n.]1. To enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly, as for future use or service. 2. To enroll; to enter in a list. Such follow him as shall be registered. --Milton. Registered letter, a letter, the address of which is, on payment of a special fee, registered in the post office and the transmission and delivery of which are attended to with particular care.
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Reg"is*ter\, v. i. 1. To enroll one's name in a register. 2. (Print.) To correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc., register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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