| Term |
Meaning |
| Registry |
A database for information about a computer's
configuration and the configuration of the installed software.
It is organized in a hierarchical structure, and is comprised
of subtrees and their keys, hives, and value entries.
Read more. |
| 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.
Like a file in the file system. |
| Registry entry |
The same as registry value, see above. Sometimes
also used as synonym to the registry key, see above. |
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| Win9x |
Windows 95, 98, 98 SE or ME based operating
system |
| 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 the same word. |
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| Ignored items |
Items ignored by the registry cleaner based
to the ignore list |
| Ignore list |
A list containing general key words to tell
the registry cleaner to ignore certain entries for safety
reasons. The ignore list consists of many files under
\Settings\Ignore\, you can edit the files if you wish.
Advanced users can also disable the whole ignore list
by removing all the files from that dir, in such case
you really must know what you are doing. You can add items
to the ignore list by manually editing the files, or you
can also ignore specific registry keys directly from the
registry cleaner with the Ignore button. |
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