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Docker vs Registry - What's the difference?

docker | registry |

As nouns the difference between docker and registry

is that docker is one who performs docking, as of tails or docker can be a dockworker while registry is a building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.

docker

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who performs docking, as of tails.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dockworker.
    • Hyponyms
    * longshoreman, stevedore

    Anagrams

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    registry

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia registry) (registries)
  • A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
  • A record; an account; a register.
  • The act of registering; registration.
  • (computing) A database of configurations etc. maintained by the (Microsoft Windows) operating system.
  • * 1999 , John Papa, ?C. Caison, ?Matt Brown, Professional ADO RDS programming with ASP (page 252)
    • To unregister a DLL and remove the corresponding entries from the registry , add the /u switch to the command

    Related terms

    * register * registrar