Hklm

/eɪtʃ keɪ ɛl ɛm/ noun

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, a registry hive in Windows operating systems containing system-wide configuration information.

Acronym from Microsoft Windows registry structure, introduced with Windows NT in the 1990s. The 'H' stands for 'hive' or 'handle,' referring to the hierarchical database structure storing system settings.

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