is a recordable CD format that supports one-time recording. Also see CD-RW. back to the previous page

CD-R ecordable, write once-read many disc specified by Orange Book Part II using a pre-stamped, wobbled groove to guide a write laser that irreversibly changes regions of a dye polymer layer to an optically absorbing state. A special drive is required for writing.

ompact isk- ecordable] The medium on which CD writers create CDs and CD-ROMs.

CD-Recordable and CD-Rewritable. These are blank CDs that can be recorded onto, and recorded and re-recorded onto respectively. They're usually bought for people who record audio or data (such as MP3) off their computers using a CD writer. Most car CD players can handle these, but not all of them - check before buying.

A recordable (one time only) compact disk, generally compatible with all types of CD players.

compact laser disk - recordable, a media which can be written to once by CD-R capable drives as well as being able to be read by many CD ROM drives

Abbreviation for CD Recordable. A type of CD device that brings CD-ROM publishing into the realm of the small business or home office. From a functional point of view, a CD-R and a CD-ROM are identical; you can read CD-R disks using almost any CD-ROM drive, although the processes that create the disks are slightly different. Low-cost CD-R drives are available from many manufacturers, including Kao, Kodak, Mitsui, Phillips, Ricoh, Sony, TDK, 3M, and Verbatim.

CD- ecordable or CD- ritable. Both look like standard CD-ROM discs. CD-R is a write-once/read-many format, in which a layer of dye is between the substrate and metal layers. This dye is permanently changed by exposure to a paticular kind of light. If you have a CD-R or CD-RW drive in your computer you can create your own CD, by using a CD-R disc. CD-RW drives must be used to create reusable CD-RW discs. A layer of alloy is between the substrate and the metal. When a specific kind of light shines on the alloy it changes into a crystallline structure, storing the data. Using a process called optical phase change, the disc can be returned to its origianl state. The disc can then be reused. This sounds like a great idea, but the drives that are playing the discs must be very sensitive, because the patterns created by the crystalline structuren aren't as precise as those created by other CD formats. Many CD-ROM drives can't read CD-RWs.

Plays CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs

Compact Discs that can be encoded with audio data by a suitable CD Recording deck. Each disc can only be recorded onto once and existing information cannot be erased. Recorded discs can only be player on CD players that can read CD-R discs.

Writable CDs

recordable compact disk. Disk can be written to by a user with the proper kind of CD drive. Cannot be erased to be written on again. Once time write only

Respectively CD-Recordable and CD-Rewritable. A CD-R can store data or music but can only be recorded upon once. A CD-RW functions in the same way, but it can be erased and new data written onto it. CD-R/CD-RW discs can hold up to 800 MB of data or 74 minutes of music.

A compact disc which may be recorded on once.

Compact Disc-Read. A CD on which data can be written only once. Most can store 650 megabytes of data.

A type of CD that can be recorded to. With proper formatting, it can used to create a disc that will play in most CD players.

A standard and technology that enables users to write on and read from a compact disc. This new technology is compatible with existing CDs and CD players.

A Compact Disk (CD) device that can write data to a CD. Once written, this data cannot be erased or written over.

This is a CD-Rom suitable for (one time only) write data/music/video on. See also CD-RW.

Audio CD recorders (and also PCs with CD writers) now use two types of blank CD to record sound. CD-Recordable was developed first and is a 'write once' system. That means you cannot erase so if you make a mistake while recording, that's it! When blank CD-Rs first appeared on the market in the late 1980s, they cost around ?16 for a 60-minute disc and the recorders were ?3000 plus! Today, a blank CD-R which offers over 70 minutes of record time can be had for around ?1 and recorders are a fraction of the original price. While most modern CD players can handle homemade recordings on CD-R, some older models may not be able to cope with such discs.

'Writable' CD (some formats are double-sided) on which you may record or copy, although your PC will need to have a special drive unit, an extra card, and software for the different media you wish to produce [see also CD-ROM].

CD-Recordable. Uses a special blank disc in a recording CD player. Once recorded it can't be erased, but plays in standard CD players when 'fixed up'. CD-R discs look green. Comes in two flavours, professional and consumer. Discs and machines are not interchangeable

a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory

a blank CD on which data you've stored cannot be erased

a blank CD on which you can record, but not erase and re-write

a CD that you can only burn things once and it is permanently on the disk

a CD you can record information on only once

a disc you can write to only once, which means you won't be able to make changes to any files saved there

a particular disk onto what data can be written

a pre-made blank CD that is coated with a layer of dye

a type of CD which may be written on once

a writable CD, meaning you can record data to the CD

a "write once" medium on which once the data is recorded, it is permanent and cannot be changed or erased

Recordable CD (record once)

Compact Disc - Writable Computer or Audio data. Can be written to once and used in any computer or music player.

Recordable CD. Once written to, data cannot be erased.

or ompact isk- ecordable Refers to computer peripheral disk drives that allow the user to record content on to a blank compact disk.

A CD that allows for data to be written to it by the end user utlizing a special drive called a CD-RW (Compact Disc Rewritable) drive. The CD-R media is similar to a CD with the exception of the metal layer accepts the "burning" of the gaps to store data through a more powerful laser than standard read-only drives posess. A CD-R typicall holds between 640 - 800 MB of data (over 500 floppies) making it a good and now affordable backup media.

A CD which you can save files on. You can only save files on the CD once - you can't keep overwriting content like you would on a floppy disk.

An acronym for re-writable CD technology whose media can be written to and erased approximately 1,000 times before failure. Standard 74min CD-RW media can hold up to 500MB when formatted for fixed-length packet writing.

A disc in the CD format that can be recorded once. Defined by the Orange Book standard.

CD that you can record Data to only once using a CD-RW Drive . The physical space on a CD-R can only be used once. You can delete the files, but that does not free up space like with floppy or zip disks.

A blank CD that is designed to allow data to be "written" a single time on its surface. Peripheral devices that connect to PCs enable home or office single-time recording of blank CD-Rs.

Multisession compact disc that can be recorded onto only once, but can be read from as many times as a user wishes. One part of the disc can be written on at one time and another part at a later time. 7.22

Short for Compact Disc- Record, allows the user to record information onto special CD's which then can be used in a normal CD drive.

Writeable 5¼" CDs (Write-Once) are the most commonly used backup media in current use. Disc capacity is 640MB (or 20k page images).

Recordable CD. A CD-R has inside a dye, sensitive to a laser beam. The Laser writes the information (pits) into an optical pregroove. The dye will changing the reflectivity of the gold layer and form the pits. The pregroove contains time information and is used to guide the laser during recording. A CD-R cannot be erased. It is a WORM (Write Once, Read Many times). A finalized (fix-up) CD-R becomes a CD can be played in conventional players.

A writable compact disc that has a storage capacity of 650 or 700 Mb and can only be recorded onto once.

Similar to CD-ROM except they are "burnt" using a CD-R/RW drive instead of being mastered, and then created from scratch.

Same as a compact disc, only that is blank and can be written by the user. This disc can only be written once, and cannot be erased.

Stands for "Compact Disc Recordable." CD-R discs are blank CDs that can record ...

You're right if you guessed that the CD in CD-R stands for compact disk. It's the “R” that has you wondering, right? Well, wonder no more. The “R” refers to “recordable.” CD-R disks can be written once, but they can never be erased. They are cheaper and more often compatible than their upgraded counterpart, CD-RW.

(Compact Disk - Recordable) Newer CD technology which allows users to permanently store data using compact disk laser technology. The use of a CD-R drive creates a standard CD-ROM disk.

A compact disc that can be recorded on. This media is very popular for recording music, backing-up hard drives and many other purposes.

Compact disc,write once. A blank CD that can be recorded once.Once recorded, it has essentially the same features as a CD-ROM.

CD-Recordable A recordable CD-ROM technology using a disc that can be written only once. There are 4 types of CD-R: 5.75 min (50MB), 20 min (180MB) 74 min (650 MB) and 80 min (700 MB).

(CD-Recordable) A recordable CD-ROM technology using a disc that can be written only once. The CD-R drives that write the CD-R discs are also called one-off machines. CD-R discs are used for beta versions and original masters of CD-ROM material as well as a means to distribute a large amount of data to a small number of recipients. CD-R discs are also used for archiving data. Their advantage over WORM drives is that the discs can be read on any CD-ROM drive. Most CD-R drives can also be used as a regular CD-ROM reader. The recording process takes from 20 minutes to an hour per disc depending on the speed of the drive. While this may be suitable for archiving or small distributions, large numbers of CD-ROMs are duplicated on a pressing machine from the original CD-R master disk.

Compact Disc Recordable. CD on which data can be saved (at intervals if desired) but not deleted. Besides the standard size of 12 cm diameter, smaller versions of 8 cm are also available.

Compact Disk-Recordable drive, a type of disk drive that can create CD-ROMs and audio CDs. This allows users to "master" a CD-ROM or audio CD for publishing. A feature of many CD-R drives, called multisession recording, enables you to keep adding data to a CD-R over time. However, you cannot erase any of the data once it is written to the disk

The "R" in CD-R stands for "Recordable". CD-Rs can only be burned once. The letters RW, on the other hand, stand for "Rewritable" and information on a CD-RW can be rewritten over and over again up to 1000 times.

CD-Recordable, hardware device able to record Audio CDs in Red Book Format.

Recordable CD that cannot be erased or written on to after it has been 'finalised'.

Compact Disc Recordable. An extension of the CD format allowing data to be recorded once on a disc by using dye-sublimation technology. Defined by the Orange Book standard.

A CD format that allows the users to record data to a disc when using the proper hardware. Recorded data is not erasable.

Compact Disk - Recordable. A storage medium for audio, video or data. It can hold roughly 700 megabytes of data. Identical in appearance to a CD with the added feature that it can be recorded upon one time with the use of compatible recording equipment. The term is also used to refer to the recording equipment. Some but not all equipment that can play a CD can read and play a CD-R.

Compact Disc Recordable. Defined by the Orange Book, it has a recordable dye layer as well as a reflective layer. Once written to, information can not be changed or altered. Also referred to as "one-off", or CD Write Once (CD-WO).

Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R) is a recording device that allows you to record data and audio CDs only one time.

CD-R stands for Compact Disk Recordable. CD-R's allow you to record onto compact disks (CD-R type).

Compact Disc Recordable. An optical disc which data/audio can be written to once. The CD-R was developed by Taiyo Yuden

is an acronym which stands for Compact Disc-Recordable. This form of CD media allows user defined data to be recorded onto the disc. It is different from audio CD's and other forms of CD-ROM's which are typically mass-produced from a master disc.

Stands for Compact Disc Recordable. This is a special type of recordable CD. Information can be burnt onto the disc using a CD-R burner. They can be used as masters for manufacturing runs of CD's, cassettes and vinyl. They can also be manufactured in short runs. Please call a member of our sales team for a quote.

Compact Disk-Recordable: CD media used for read-only audio CDs and CD-ROMs. A burner can only write to CD-R media once.

Recordable Compact Disc.

Shortened form for Compact Disc – Recordable. A variation of CD-ROM standards that supports the use of recordable media and includes multiple recording sessions to a single disc. CD-R technology has improved dramatically over the last year; it now represents one of the least expensive methods for archiving and transferring data.

A compact disc onto which data can be recorded.

CD-Recordable disc that can written on once only, but when finalised can be played on most CD players.

An abbreviation for " CD R ecordable" which is a type of disc that allows you to record audio or data files but does not allow erasing as it is a "write-once" disk. When you want to make an audio CD, this is the type of disc used to make sure it will be compatible with car and home stereos.

Allows for one tome recording on a CD ROM

A CD which can have data or music written to it once.

Also known as CD-WO (Write once) or WORM (Write Once Read Many) drive. CD-R is short for CD-Recordable and is a type of disc and drive that is capable of having information written to the disc once and then having that disc read many times after that. If the data is not written to the disc properly, has errors, or has the incorrect information that disc or portions of that disc cannot be erased.

Compact disc-recordable. When referring to recordable discs (media), "CD-R" is often used to refer to write-once discs, in contrast to CD-RW. See also Recordable Disc.

Both CD-R and CR-RW can be written with a CD 'burner'. A CD-R can only be written once. A CD-RW can be written and rewritten many times. CD-R audio discs can be read by CD ROM and audio CD players. CD-RW drives can generally only be read by CD-RW drives.

Compact Disc-Recordable. These write-once discs can be used to create your own CDs.

A version of CD on which data can be recorded but not erased. An organic dye-based material is used to hold data that are written to it by a laser.

Recordable CDs that can be written to (i.e., recorded on) once and played like a regular CD in almost all home, car and portable players as well as computer CD drives. When a CD-R has been recorded and finalized it cannot be recorded on again.

A CD-R, or Compact Disk Recordable, is a compact disk that you can record to one time only from a CD-R drive, or Compact Disk Recordable drive. Once a CD-R disk has been recorded, it can be read by any regular CD-ROM drive. If you want to record to a CD multiple times, you will need to use the more expensive CD-RW, or Compact Disk Rewritable, and a CD-RW drive. Source: TechSoup.org

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Compact Disc-Recordable is a type of CD-ROM that can store digital data by writing once with a CD recorder. Instead of mechanically pressing a CD with indentations, a CD-R writes data to a disc by using it's laser to physically burn pits into the organic dye, a photosensitive organic compound made from Phthalocyanine or Azo.

CD-Rs are recordable CDs that can be written to (i.e., recorded upon) once. When an audio CD-R has been recorded and finalized, the disc can be played like a regular CD in almost all home, car, and portable players, and computer CD drives. However, a CD-R can never be re-recorded. CD-Rs commonly hold 74 minutes of music, but 80-minute discs are also available. CD-Rs are designated for either "audio" or "data" use. Blank discs labeled "audio" can be used with home CD recording decks as well as computer CD-R/W drives, and cost more than data-grade CD-Rs. Blank CD-Rs designated as "data" tend to cost less than audio CD-Rs, but can only be recorded to using a computer CD-R/W drive. Keep in mind that extremely inexpensive discs may be prone to unreadability and higher error rates.

(Compact Disk-Recordable) – refers to computer peripheral disk drives that allow the user to record content on to a blank compact disk.

Short for CD-Recordable. This is a CD which can be written (or recorded) only once. It can be copied to distribute a large amount of data. CD-Rs can be read on any CD-ROM drive whether on a standalone computer or network system. This makes interchange between systems easier.

Once-writable CD media that comes in capacities of 74 minutes/650MB or 80 minutes/700MB.

Form of compact disc consumers can record on using special CD “burners” or CD recorders.

A CD-R (Compact Disk - Recordable) disk is a compact disk that the user of a microcomputer can write information on, but only once. It uses optical methods, similar to those used by a CD-ROM disk, to record information. It requires a disk drive designed for the purpose of writing rather than an ordinary CD-ROM drive.

This stands for Compact Disc Recordable - a CD-ROM format that allows you to record data.

Compact disk-recordable is a CD type disk onto which data can be recorded. Differs from a CD-RW disk in that it cannot be erased and re-written. A CD-R drive is a drive that can record data onto CD-R disks.

An optical drive that can burn CD-R media. It cannot read or write CD-RW or DVD/DVD-R. CD-R can be recorded in one or many sessions.

CD recordable — A recordable version of a CD. Data can be recorded only once onto a CD-R. Once recorded, the data cannot be erased or written over.

A compact disc (CD) is a small, portable (120 mm), round medium made of molded polymer for electronically recording, storing, and playing back audio, video, text, and other information in digital form.

Compact Disc Recordable] A CD-ROM format that enables you to record data onto compact discs so that regular CD-ROM drives can read it

A format that permits data to be written onto a special type of blank CD but not erased from it.

recordable CD (unerasable)

An acronym for "Compact Disk Recordable". This is a CD drive with write once capability.

a type of compact disc written by a computer

Compact Disc, Recordable. A technology defining a way for CD media to be written to once. CD-R media looks almost like a standard CD. CD-R drives have the ability to write to CD-R media. Capacity of CD-R media is measured in minutes, as this technology was adapted from the same as audio recordings. At current there are four types of media 5.75 min (50 Meg), 20 min (180 Meg), 74 min (650 Meg), and 80 min (700 meg). This is desinged for permenant files as the data on the CD-R cannot be changed.

short for "cd-recordable", this media type allows you to record audio or data files and does not allow erasing. Recording audio files allows for compatibility with car and home stereo systems.

Short for Compact Disk-Recordable. A computer disk drives that allows the user to “write” content on to a blank compact disk.

Drive that can write data to a CD.

A CD-R can store data as well as digital audio files. But information can only be recorded once; the disc cannot be burned with additional data and cannot be recorded over.

See Compact Disc

A write able compact disk.

CD-Rs or CD-Recordable discs allow you to burn information only once. You can't record over them. CD-Rs can be played on CD players.

Compact Disc-Recordable. This term is used to describe the technology of recordable CD as well as the equipment, software and media used to make recordable discs.

Compact Disk - Recordable: blank compact disks on which data can be recorded - but once only.

Compact Disc Recordable. Disc can be written to one time.

A CD which you can record onto.

Compact Disc-Recordable. Recordable write-once CDs.

Storage products. Compact Disc-Recordable.

A recordable CD technology for data and music storage using a low-cost disc that can be written only once. To record a 650MB disc takes from 5 to 74 minutes depending on the speed of the drive.