Historically, one of the seven holding companies formed by divestiture by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company of its local Bell System operating companies, and to which one or more of the Bell System local telephone companies were assigned.

See office classification.

1. A device, accessible to one or more input circuits, that accepts and stores data.
Note: A register is usually used only as a device for temporary storage of data.
2. A temporary-memory device used to receive, hold, and transfer data (usually a computer word) to be operated upon by a processing unit.
Note: Computers typically contain a variety of… (Read More →)

Any of the series of jacks, described in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47, part 68, used to provide interface to the public telephone network.

1. The accurate positioning of, or the degree of accuracy in the positioning of, an entity relative to (a) another entity, or (b) an independent frame of reference.
Note: For example, in color graphics applications involving the superposition of several colored rasters, such as in a CRT display, good registration (usually termed "convergence" in this context) is of paramount importance… (Read More →)

An application process that receives an RRP (registration request protocol), message from the registration manager signaling it to start automatic registration. The result is that the RNE's (remote network element's) DUA (directory user agent) adds the NE (network element) system administrative information (e.g., name, make, location, etc. ) into the DIB (directory information base) via the "add Entry" operation of… (Read More →)

In networking, an organization that performs registration for information objects and devices. [After 2382-pt.35]

An application process responsible for contacting the registration agent using the RRP (registration request protocol) to start automatic registration of a newly discovered NE (network element) into the DIB (directory information base). The RM provides the RA (registration agent) with the appropriate DSA (directory system agent) address. [T1.245-1997]

In networking, the procedure for performing registration or for amending or deleting existing registrations. [2382-pt.35]

See FCC Registration Program.