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A register is a device for storing data.- Historically, a register was a sign or chalkboard onto which people would write cash transactions for later bookkeeping, often with chalk. It can also be used to mean a paper register such as one would keep of a check book .
- To register a charity means to apply to the government for a non-profit organisation to be officially recognised as such, and thus gain more credibility and possible tax relief.
- In Britain, births, deaths, and marriages are registered at a registry office .
- The term is used in Australia and America as a short form for cash register, a device for tracking retail sales and known to the British as a till. This name came into use because the cash register generally replaced earlier registers in use.
- In digital circuits, registers are various devices used to store and process data, implemented with multivibrators to form e.g. flip-flops. In computing, a hardware register is a placeholder for information about some hardware condition, configuration, or buffer, whereas a processor registerIn computer architecture, a processor register is a small amount of very fast computer memory used to speed the execution of computer programs by providing quick access to commonly used values—typically, the values being in the midst of a calculation at a is a component inside a central processing unitThe central processing unit (CPU is the part of a computer that interprets and carries out the instructions contained in the software. In most CPUs, this task is divided between a control unit that directs program flow and one or more execution units that for storing information, such as a memory addressIn computer science, a memory address is a unique identifier for a memory location at which a CPU or other device can store a piece of data for later retrieval. In modern byte-addressable computers, each address identifies a single byte of storage; data t, or the inputs or results of a computation. The origin of the name is similar.
- In musicMusic often an art/ entertainment, is a total social fact whose definitions vary according to era and culture," according to Jean Molino. 1 It is often contrasted with noise. According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez: "The border between music and no, registerIn music, a register is the relative "height" or range of a note, set of pitches or pitch classes, melody, part, instrument or group of instruments. For examples, violins are in a higher register than cellos. A higher register indicates higher pitch. is the relative "height" or rangeThe range of a vehicle is the maximum distance it can cover without needing to be re fueled or re charged. The range of a gun or missile is the maximum distance it can be fired over and still hit its target. The actual distance that the missile can travel of a noteThis article is about music. For information about money, see banknote. In music, a note is either a unit of fixed pitch that has been given a name, or the graphic representation of that pitch in a notation system, and sometimes its duration, or a specifi, setThis article is about sets in mathematics. For other meanings, see Set (disambiguation). Sets are one of the most important and fundamental concepts in modern mathematics. Basic set theory, having only been invented at the end of the 19th century, is now of pitches or pitch classes, melody, part, instrument or group of instruments.
- The Register [1] is a technology news website.
- A register is a subset of a language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting. For example, the average English speaker will likely adhere more closely to prescribed grammar, pronounce gerunds and present participles with a /N/ sound, and refrain from using the word "ain't" when speaking in a formal setting, but the same person could violate all of those restrictions in an informal setting; these two varieties of speech are separate registers of English.
- A register is an outlet for forced air, usually as part of a forced air heating and cooling system.
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