Why is a registry file called a "hive"?

RE: Why is a registry file called a "hive"?

MartinJ — Sat, 09 Aug 2003 01:44:00 GMT

I guess a bad pun would be to talk about honeypots...

RE: Why is a registry file called a "hive"?

Brian Randell — Sat, 09 Aug 2003 02:47:00 GMT

Hmm, I thought it had to do with that fact that the data was structured using B-trees?

RE: Why is a registry file called a "hive"?

BrianJ — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:20:00 GMT

So, do you know the deal with MZ of MZ header fame? Is that really someone's initials? If so, whatever became of the real MZ?

RE: Why is a registry file called a "hive"?

Raymond Chen — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:58:00 GMT

MZ is indeed Mark Zbikowski. He still works at Microsoft and is one of the nicest guys it's been my pleasure to have met.

RE: Why is a registry file called a "hive"?

Thomas Lee — Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:28:00 GMT

And here I thought the analogy was meant to refer to the notion that if you mess around (with the registry) and do not know what you are doing - you will get stung (or additional practice in reinstallation).

re: Why is a registry file called a "hive"?

Larry Osterman — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:54:00 GMT

Ok, so I'm coming to this 8 months late :) Mark actually interviewed me, it was absolutely the most pleasant of my on-campus interviews :).

re: Why is a registry file called a "hive"?

Raymond Chen — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 00:28:00 GMT

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Beware of non-null-terminated registry strings

The Old New Thing — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:58:00 GMT

An edge case that can result in a buffer overrun.

How did registry keys work in 16-bit Windows?

The Old New Thing — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:11:53 GMT

It didn't do quite as much back then.