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Why is a registry file called a "hive"?

August 8, 2003 Aug 8, 2003 08/8/03

Raymond Chen

Useless trivia day. Why is a registry file called a "hive"? Because one of the original developers of Windows NT hated bees.  So the developer who was responsible for the registry snuck in as many bee references as he could.  A registry file is called a "hive", and ...