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Glossary of key terms

Term Meaning
Registry A database repository for information about a computer’s configuration. It is organized in a hierarchical structure, and is comprised of subtrees and their keys, hives, and value entries
Registry key A folder that appears in the left pane of a Registry Editor window. A key can contain subkeys and value entries. Like a directory in the file system.
Registry value Values contain the actual information stored in the Registry. There are three types of values; String, Binary, and DWORD. The use of these depends upon the context.
   
   
Win9x Windows95, 98, 98 SE or ME based operating system
Item Item in the list, i.e. one line of the list
Case sensitive The program sees the words "Test", "TEST", "test" and "TeSt" as different words.
Not case sensitive The program sees the words "Test", "TEST", "test" and "TeSt" as same words.
   
   
LAN Local Area Network. A network where a group of computers are physically connected with a wire to allow remote access between these computers.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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