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Registrar

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A registrar is an official keeper of records made in a register. The term may refer to:

Education

  • Registrar (education), an official in an academic institution who handles student records
  • Registrar of the University of Oxford, one of the senior officials of the university.

Government records

  • Registrar (law), the official in charge of a court registry, usually a judicial appointment
  • Registrar of Companies, India
  • Registrar general, government officer in Britain and Commonwealth nations concerned with civil registration
  • Registrar General's Department, the Government of Ghana agency responsible for the registration of companies and business
  • Registrar of the treasury, an office of the United States Treasury Department
  • County registrar, an official of the Irish Circuit Court who carries out quasi-judicial and administrative functions
  • Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, an Australian Government statutory office

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Medicine

  • Specialist registrar, a medical doctor in the United Kingdom receiving advanced training in a specialist field
  • Senior registrar, type of medical or dental practitioner in the UK, Ireland, and Australia
  • Specialty registrar, new training grade intended to replace specialist registrar

Technology and telecommunication

  • Registrar (software), software used in the personnel or human resources (HR) area of businesses
  • Domain name registrar, a company authorized to register Internet domain names
    • Drop registrar, a domain name registrar who registers expiring Internet domain names
  • Pool Registrar, a component of the reliable server pooling in software design
  • SIP registrar, a Session Initiation Protocol endpoint that accepts REGISTER requests

Other uses

  • Registrar (Church of England), an ecclesiastical office
  • Registrar (museum), responsible for implementing policies and procedures that relate to caring for collections
  • The British term for a stock transfer agent

See also

  • Register (disambiguation)
  • Registrar of Copyrights (disambiguation)
  • Registry (disambiguation)
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