CD-RW
Noun
Meaning
CD-RW (plural CD-RWs)
Initialism of Compact Disk - Read Writable. 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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A CD-RW does not have as great a difference in reflectivity as a pressed CD or a CD-R, and so many earlier CD audio players cannot read CD-RW discs, although most later CD audio players and stand-alone DVD players can.
Added sparing tables for defect management on rewritable media such as CD-RW, and DVD-RW and DVD+RW.
Both types of CD-RW discs can be read in most CD drives.
CD-RW discs have lower reflectivity than CD-R or pressed (non-writable) CDs and for this reason cannot meet the Red Book standard (or come close).
Examples include CD-RW and swayne memory Accessibility ; Random access : Any location in storage can be accessed at any moment in approximately the same amount of time.
In this way, CD-R can emulate CD-RW; however, each time information on the disc is altered, more data has to be written to the disc.