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CD-ReWritable. Disc that data can be written on thousands of times
CD-ReWritable disc, which can be written to and re-written many times.
is a recordable CD format that supports multiple recordings. Also see CD-ROM, and CD-R. back to the previous page
Unlike CD-Rs, CD-RWs are rewritable CDs that can be written to (i.e., recorded upon) over and over again. When you make a recording on an audio CD-RW and finalize it, you can play it like a regular CD in many types of players. But when you want to change it, you can erase it and re-write to it (usually about 30 to 50 times). Otherwise, CD-RWs are fairly similar to CD-Rs. They commonly hold 74 minutes of music (650 megabytes of data); 80-minute (700-megabyte) discs are also available. However, CD-RW discs are not as widely compatible with home, car, and portable players as CD-Rs, and tend to cost more. CD-RWs 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-RWs. Blank CD-RWs designated as "data" tend to cost less than audio CD-RWs, 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.
(CD-Rewritable) allows you to make your own compilation CDs and play them back on CD players. But conventional CD players have difficulties playing them back because CD-RW's reflectivity. The amount of light reflected off from the disc is extremely low. :: Click here for more details
CD-R ritable phase change media specified by Orange Book Part III that can be reversibly recorded, erased, or overwritten. Uses a pre-stamped groove to guide a write laser. Data is contained in an alloy layer that can be converted by a laser from a reflective crystalline state to a non-reflective amorphous state or erased back to the crystalline state, depending on laser power. A special drive is required for writing, but CD-RW recorded media can be read in modified CD-ROM drives capable of detecting the low light levels resulting from CD-RW reflectivity of 15-25%. (Formerly CD- Erasable or CD-E.)
Compact Disc-ReWritable, a CD that can be written to and erased many times (up to 1000). A CD-RW drive allows you to write to CD-R and CD-RW discs.
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.
Acronym for compact disc-rewritable. The technology, equipment, software, and media used in the production of multiple-write CDs (compact discs).
Re-writable CDs that can be used like any hard drive, erased and used many times. Not all CD players can read CD-RWs.
A re-writable optical disc
compact laser disk - rewritable, a media which can be rewritten to as required by CD-RW capable drives
Compact Disc, Re-Writeable. Improves upon CD-R. These drives are based on the CD-R technology with the ability to be re-written. At current only 74min (650 Meg) is the only available media.
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.
Recordable Compact Discs that can be erased and Re-Written. The discs use a different surface and laser assembly so recordings made on a CD-RW deck cannot be played on other CD players.
Compact Disc ReWriteable. A blank compact disc which can be recorded with information by a CD RECORDER. Unlike a CD-R, a CD-RW can be erased and re-used.
Compact Disc Re-Writable format: these are blank compact disks that can be recorded over and over again, like a floppy disk.
A compact disc rewriteable (CD-RW) is similar to a CD-ROM but in addition to accessing data, it can erase and store data. A CD-RW has a capacity of 650 to 680 MB. To use a CD-RW, your computer must have a CD-RW drive.
rewritable CD disk. User can save data to the disk, erase data, write new data to the same disk. Made of different materials than CD-ROM or CD-R disks.
A Compact Disc that allows you to write information on it many times, as opposed to a CD-R, which only allows you one chance to write data to the disc.
Compact Disc-Rewritable is a type of CD-ROM that can store digital data by writing multiple times with a CD-Rewritable recorder. In place of the CD-R disc's dye-based recording layer, CD-RWs commonly use a crystalline compound made up of a mix of silver, indium, antimony and tellurium. The recorder then uses a high laser power, which is called "Write Power", which creates indentations in the recording layer. The recorder can also utilize a middle laser power, also known as "Erase Power", which then melts the recording layer and converts it to a reflective crystalline (flat) state.
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.
Compact Disc-Rewritable: once known as CD-Erasable, or CD-E.
(Compact Disc, ReWritable) A CD-ROM drive that can write CDs, also referred to as a CD-ROM writer.
Compact disk-rewritable, editable after final 'save'. Codec An electronic circuit that converts analogue signals to digital and digital to analogue.
A compact disc which may be recorded on multiple times.
Compact Disc-Rewritable. A CD on which data can be written and changed multiple times, with the same storage capacity as a CD-ROM.
A type of CD that can be recorded, erased, and rewritten to by the user. A CD-RW disc cannot be placed in a conventional CD player.
A Compact Disk (CD) device that can write or record data to a CD. This CD device can then erase or write over (re-write) the data previously recorded.
This is a CD-ROM that not only allows you to read and write the disc This disc can be erased for re-use as well. See also CDR.
Compact Disk - Rewritable. 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 repeatedly 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-RW.
Unlike CD-Rs, CD-RWs are Re-Writable so they can be erased and recorded over again. Great for making the perfect music CD. But take care - not all CD players can playback recordings made on CD-RWs as the format's disc structure differs slightly from conventional audio CDs.
Stands for "Compact Disc Re-Writable." A CD-RW is a blank CD that can be ...
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a CD that you are supposed to be able to erase and reburn many times
a little more expensive, but data on it can be erased and rewritten
a medium which is rewritable by using a technique by which pits are formed by a phase change as a result of laser light being radiated thereto
a readable/writable disk and can be written-to more than once
a re-writable CD, which allows multiple writing on the same surface
a rewritable disk that you can make changes to again and again
Compact Disk -ReWritable: CD media used for data storage. A burner can write to CD-RW media multiple times.
CD rewritable — A rewritable version of a CD. Data can be written to a CD-RW, and then erased and written over (rewritten).
Re-writable CD (Many times)
Compact disk re-writeable
Compact Disc - Re-writable Computer/digital data. Can be written to many times, but can only be used in 'multi-read' drives.
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Also called CD-E (Compact Disc -erasable). A compact disc that can be read, written on, erased and re-used. CD-RW drives can play CD-Rs and CD-ROMs as well.
Rewriteable CD. Data can be written to and erased from as much as desired.
(stands for compact disc, rewriteable) is a compact disc (CD) format that allows repeated recording on a disc.
Drive that can read, write (CD-R) and rewrite (CD-RW) on CD media.
A disc in the CD format that can be recorded many times. It is rewritable.
(Compact Disk-ReWriter) A CD drive which can create CDs, either audio or data, using special rewriteable CDs which are also often called CD-RWs. A CD-RW drive can also create ordinary CDs, though not rewrite them.
is a re-writable CD that can be saved to using a CD-RW drive. The information can be erased and the CD can have new information written to it - much like a floppy, zip or hard disk.
A blank CD that is designed to allow data to be written, erased, and rewritten onto a CD-RW. Rewritable capability makes CDs more versatile by mimicking the usability of floppy disks.
(compact disc-rewriteable) A compact disc that can be recorded on more than once.
Erasable compact disc that can be written on multiple times; originally called an erasable CD (CD-E). 1.8, 7.22- 24
Compact Disk Re-Writable
CD-RW stands for Compact Disk ReWritable. CD-RW's allow you to record onto and overwrite compact disks (CD-RW type).
As above but re-writeable.
Compact Disc Re-Writeable. A compact disc that can be erased and re-used by using an appropriate CD-RW burner.
Rewriteable media to store and alter data several times with CD-RW-recorders and computers.
Same as a compact disc, and a CD-R only that is designed to allow the user to write to it multiple times. It can be erased and re-write information to it.
If you want to write on a disk, erase the disk and write some more, then you want a compact disk -- rewritable (CD-RW). These disks can be written hundreds of times. They are more expensive and less compatible than their simpler counterpart, the CD-R.
(Compact Disk - Rewritable) Advanced CD technology which allows data on the disk to be removed or replaced. Only CD-RW drives can can access information from a CD-RW disk. Most CD-RW drives can also use CD-R technology to create standard CD-ROM disks.
This is a CD-ROM format that not only reads standard CD-ROMs, but can read and write CD-R disks, and also read and re-write CD-RW media. CD-RW media is much more expensive than CD-R media, but it can be written to more than once in the same location, much like a hard drive on a computer. CD-RW disks store up to 640MB, similar to CD-ROM and CD-R disks.
Compact disc, rewriteable which allows repeated recording on a disk. A drive that can write both CD-R and CD-RW discs and that can read any type of CD.
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.
See definition for: compact disc-rewritable (CD-RW)
Re-writable or re-recordable CD. Often early CD players are unable to playback CD-Rs.
Short for CD-ReWritable disk, a type of CD disk that enables you to write onto it in multiple sessions. With CD-RW drives and disks, you can treat the optical disk just like a floppy or hard disk, writing data onto it multiple times. Macintosh computers have slot-loading or tray-loading drives.
Stands for CD Re-writable. This is a format of CD onto which data can be written (recorded) more than once. Data can only be written onto these CDs by disc-drives with CD-RW capability. However, once the data has been written, the data can be read by any computer CD drive (or any CD audio device, if the files that have been written are CD audio files).
Compact Disc Rewritable is an extension of CD-R whereby you can rewrite data or audio to the same CD multiple times.
CDs for computer data storage where you can record over the data, and hence reuse the disk. Short for CD-Rewriter. Contrasts with CD-ROM.
Compact Disc Re-writable. An optical disc that can be written with data or audio multiple times. Introduced in 1997 by Hewlett Packard, Mitsubishi, Philips, Ricoh and Sony.
a type of data-storage media using a CD format employing ECD Ovonics' proprietary phase-change rewritable optical memory technology capable of being recorded and re-recorded many times.
Rewritable Compact Disc.
Re-writeable CD disc that can be written on over and over, can only be played back on some standard CD players.
An abbreviation for " CD R riteable" that allows users to write, erase, and rewrite audio or data 1000s of times. Although this sounds great, the majority of car and home stereos do not support this disc media type.
Allows for re writing on a re-Writable CD ROM
stands for compact disc, rewritable. This is a variation on the CD and allows several recordings to be made to one 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.
A version of CD on which data can be recorded and erased and re-recorded in the same physical location of the disc. A phase-changing metal alloy film is used to hold the data that are written to it by the laser.
Rewritable CDs that can be written to (i.e., recorded on) repeatedly and played like a regular CD in almost all home, car and portable players as well as computer CD drives. A CD-RW can be erased and recorded on up to 1,000 times.
CD-RW stands for Compact Disk-Rewritable. Unlike a CD-ROM or CD-R, you can write data to a CD-RW disk multiple times, using a CD-RW drive. CD-RW is the most expensive type of compact disk technology. Source: TechSoup.org
Unlike CD-Rs, CD-RWs are rewritable CDs that can be written to over and over again. When you make a recording on an audio CD-RW and finalize it, you can play it in many standard CD and DVD players (in general, the newer the player, the more likely it will be to offer CD-RW compatibility). But when you want to change the disc's contents, you can erase it and re-write to it — from 30 to 50 times! Otherwise, CD-RWs are fairly similar to CD-Rs. They commonly hold 74 minutes of music; 80-minute discs are also available. CD-RWs have not achieved the same popularity as CD-Rs, because they are more expensive, and are not compatible with as many kinds of CD players. CD-RWs 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-RWs. Blank CD-RWs designated as "data" tend to cost less than audio CD-RWs, 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.
This is the rewritable (up to 1,000 times) equivalent of CD-R. Less compatible with CD players and slower than recordable media. It's generally less expensive if you factor in reusability.
Rewritable compact discs (CD-RWs) allow data files to be added and deleted by means of a CD burner.
The first recordable drives, called CD-R drives, were record-only. Once you created the disc, it was permanent. CD-RW drives can also create a CD-R, but they can also use CD-RW media, which can be rerecorded onto hundreds or thousands of times. CD-R drives are still available, but with prices on CD-RW drives becoming very affordable, most users are better off with the newer CD-RW drives.
Compact Disk Read/Write. This disk may be used in the same way as a floppy disk.
CD-Rewritable: similar in virtually all respects to a CD-R, except that a CD-RW disc can be written and erased many times. This makes them best suited to many backup tasks, but not for long term storage of original digital photos.
A CD-RW (Compact Disk - ReWritable) disk is a compact disk that the user of a microcomputer can write information on more than 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.
A CD-ROM that can be written, erased, and rewritten by a CD-RW drive.
A CD-RW (compact disk-rewritable) is a CD style of disk onto which data can be recorded, erased, and re-recorded. A CD-RW drive is a drive that can record data onto a CD-RW, erase that data, and re-record it.
An optical drive that can burn CD-R media in single or multiple sessions using Roxio's Toast software or iTunes software from Apple. In addition, this drive can re-write to CD-RW media using Roxio's Toast software or Apple's Disk Burner software. In the new OS 10.1, you can burn right from the finder! This drive will also read regular CD's for software installation, music, games, etc. This drive will not play DVD movies or burn DVD movies onto DVD disks.
CD-RW ( compact disc, rewriteable) is a CD format that allows the user to record, erase and re-record on the same disc.
CD-ReWritable]. CD recordable media which can be erased and re-recorded. CD-RW media can only be written in a CD-RW recorder, not in a normal CD recorder, though a CD-RW recorder can also record standard CD-R discs.
A format that permits data to be written onto and erased from a special type of CD.
(CD-ReWritable) A rewritable CD-ROM technology. CD-RW drives can also be used to write CD-R discs, and they can read CD-ROMs. But, CD-RW disks have a lower reflectivity than CD-ROMs and CD-Rs, and newer MultiRead CD-ROM drives are required to read them. Initially known as CD-E (for CD-Erasable), a CD-RW disk can be rewritten a thousand times.
Compact Disc Re-Writable. CDs that can be written on many times. Data can also be removed at any time, but data written onto a CD-RW disc can only be read by CD-RW drive.
short for "cd rewriteable". These discs can record and erase audio and data up to 1,000 times. However, most car and home stereos do not support this media type yet.
Drive that can write data to a CD. The data can then be erased and rewritten.
You can write, rewrite, and erase more than a thousand times on this medium. The data on CD-RW discs is only readable by CD-RW drives; sometimes computers need the identical software that was used to create a disc in order to read it.
A writeable, and re-writeable compact disk. Chip A short word for “microchip.
CD-RWs are rewritable discs. They can be recorded on again and again. However, unlike CD-R, they cannot be played on your home stereo.
Compact Disc Recordable / Re-Writable. Data on disc can be rewritten and used multiple times.
CD-ReWritable. A CD that can be erased and re-recorded. CD-RWs can only be written in CD-RW drives.
CD ReWritable. A rewritable CD technology. CD-RW drives can also be used to write CD-R discs, and they can read CD-ROMs. A CD-RW disc can be rewritten over a thousand times and read on MultiRead CD-ROM drives or CD-RW compatible Audio CD players.
Discs that can store files and folders. CD-RWs can usually store around 700MB of information. Unlike a CD-ROM, a CD-RW can be used again and again, to add to files or folders that are already stored, or to delete these and add new information.
Short for CD-ReWritable disk, a type of CD disk that enables you to write onto it in multiple sessions. One of the problems with CD-R disks is that you can only write to them once. With CD-RW drives and disks, you can treat the optical disk just like a floppy or hard disk, writing data onto it multiple times. The first CD-RW drives became available in mid-1997. They can read CD-ROMs and can write onto todays CD-R disks, but they cannot write on normal CD-ROMs. This means that disks created with a CD-RW drive can only be read by a CD-RW drive. However, a new standard called MultiRead, developed jointly by Philips Electronics and Hewlett-Packard, will enable CD-ROM players to read disks create by CD-RW drives.
Compact Disc ReWritable (CD-RW) is a rewritable optical disc format. Known as CD-Erasable (CD-E) during its development, CD-RW was introduced in 1997, and was preceded by the never officially released CD-MO in 1988.
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