cdrw

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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

A more recent development in terms of compact disc storage are CD re-writable drives In addition to providing the functionality of the CDR drive, the CDRW drive also allows the use of special compact disc media that can be written and erased many times However, discs produced in this way are not compatible with standard CD-ROM drives and can only be used with a CDRW unit See CDR and CD-ROM

(CompactDisc ReWriteable) A CD-R that can be erased and re-used many times, which holds about 450 MB of data