"Dr. Addams," he said, and noticed that the machine was still registering for sound.
Thought created electrical energy, and Ardath's machine registered the power of that energy.
I'm afraid the machine is registering one under your desk.
"The machine registered its breakdown at precisely 22:30:14, ship's time."
If even a thin page is missing, the machine registers that something is amiss.
On that interpretation, punch-card ballots for which the machines cannot register a vote are not "legal" votes.
When a mistake is made with a name, once the machine has registered it, it cannot be removed straight away.
When you're dealing with overvotes, the machine has already registered two votes.
Two machines are registering as activated, with full power on.
If any articulate thought streams were being generated anywhere in the vicinity, the machine would register them.