Glossary

The glossary below contains many of the terms you will find in common use throughout the Symantec Security Response website. Please refer to this list to find definitions of terms and answers to other Internet security-related questions.
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registry

A Microsoft Windows database that has configuration information about hardware and user accounts.

System configuration settings on Windows NT, 95/98, and 2000.