Windows Registry

hierarchical database used by the Microsoft Windows operating system and its applications
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Windows Registry

Summary

Windows Registry is a file format[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (534 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Windows Registry's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • Windows Registry's instance of is recorded as Microsoft Windows component[4].
  • Windows Registry's subclass of is recorded as hierarchical database model[5].
  • Windows Registry's subclass of is recorded as database[6].
  • Windows Registry's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0[7].
  • Windows Registry's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0[8].
  • Windows Registry's Commons category is recorded as Windows registry[9].
  • Windows Registry's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04cqyz[10].
  • Windows Registry's official website is recorded as https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry[11].
  • Windows Registry's official website is recorded as https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry[12].
  • Windows Registry's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sweetscape.com/010editor/repository/files/RegistryHive.bt[13].
  • Windows Registry's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/registry[14].
  • Windows Registry's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://superuser.com/tags/windows-registry[15].
  • Windows Registry's different from is recorded as Rejestr[16].
  • Windows Registry's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122_9m54[17].
  • Windows Registry's icon is recorded as Registry.svg[18].
  • Windows Registry's Quora topic ID is recorded as Windows-Registry[19].
  • Windows Registry's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19606065[20].
  • Windows Registry's Uniform Resource Identifier Scheme is recorded as registry[21].
  • Windows Registry's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776523996[22].
  • Windows Registry's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00630[23].
  • Windows Registry's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Windows+Registry[24].
  • Windows Registry's WSGF taxonomy term ID is recorded as 5[25].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format[3] and Microsoft Windows component[4].

Why It Matters

Windows Registry ranks in the top 6% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (534 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Windows Registry. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-registry
MLA “Windows Registry.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-registry.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_windows-registry_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Windows Registry}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-registry}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Windows Registry — https://4ort.xyz/entity/windows-registry (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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