Cleanup of naming in docs

Signed-off-by: James Hewitt <james.hewitt@uk.ibm.com>
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description: High-level overview of the Registry
keywords: registry, on-prem, images, tags, repository, distribution
title: Docker Registry
title: Distribution Registry
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## What it is
The Registry is a stateless, highly scalable server side application that stores
and lets you distribute Docker images. The Registry is open-source, under the
and lets you distribute container images. The Registry is open-source, under the
permissive [Apache license](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License).
## Why use it
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## Alternatives
Users looking for a zero maintenance, ready-to-go solution are encouraged to
head-over to the [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com), which provides a
free-to-use, hosted Registry, plus additional features (organization accounts,
automated builds, and more).
use one of the existing registry services. Many of these provide support and security
scanning, and are free for public repositories. For example:
- [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com)
- [Quay.io](https://quay.io/)
- [GitHub Packages](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry)
## Requirements
Cloud infrastructure providers such as [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/), [Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/products/container-registry/), [Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry) and [IBM Cloud](https://www.ibm.com/products/container-registry) also have container registry services available at a cost.
The Registry is compatible with Docker engine **version 1.6.0 or higher**.
## Compatibility
The distribution registry implements the [OCI Distribution Spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec) version 1.0.1.
## Basic commands