Short for Compact Disc Rewritable, CDRW technology is similar to that of CDRs with the added ability of deleting data already written on the disc. A CD rewritable drive is required to write to CDRW media.
Stand for - riteable disc, they are similar to regular CDRs, but can be erased and rewritten many times over. The disadvantage of this format is its incompatibility with some CD players.
Abbreviation for Compact Disc-Rewritable. Unlike write-once CDR media, CDRW discs are rewritable and can be erased and re-recorded upon over and over again. CDRW discs can not be played back on all CD players and CDROM drives, but only on CD players, CDROM drives, and DVD players and drives that are CDRW playback-compatible. CDRW discs are available in two types-multimedia CDRW discs for computer use and music-only CDRW discs for use in home audio CD recorders.