Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word CD-RW

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Definitions of CD-RW

1. Initialism of compact disk – rewritable. A form of digital media that is based on the use of a laser to read from a plastic disc. It can be written to multiple times.

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Examples of Using CD-RW in a Sentence

• CD-R discs (CD-Rs) are readable by most CD readers manufactured prior to the introduction of CD-R, unlike CD-RW discs.
• Mount Rainier can be used only with drives that explicitly support it (a part of SCSI/MMC and can work over ATAPI), but works with standard CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R and DVD+/-RW media.
• This correlates with the fact that CD-R and CD-RW are capable of audio ("Red") and data ("Yellow"); although other colors (other CD standards) that do not mix are capable of being burned onto the physical medium.
• Through a combination of proprietary media, recorder, reader and player modifications, Calimetrics proposed that ML could increase the capacity of a CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW to 2 GB, a single-layer DVD, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM to 7.
• CD-R and CD-RW were not so popular at the time, and there were instabilities such as many write failures.

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