CD-R

noun

1. a compact disc onto which data can be written but not erased or modified.

Word History and Origins

Origin of CD-R¹

1985–90; C(ompact) D(isc)- R(ecordable)

Example Sentences

He’s been releasing recordings from the vault on Bandcamp, and this one — which he found on a CD-R lying on his studio floor, and posted Christmas Day — is especially raw and lively.

From New York Times

Untouched for years in the home basement he often worked from were piles of old computers, CD-R backups, floppy disks, notes, cassettes, EPROMs, and data tape going back to his earliest Apple II work in the late 70s, which his family agreed to loan to us for evaluation.

From The Verge

At age 14, Knyves stole a mix CD-R from her older brother — and when she first heard the voice of singer Jai Paul float out of the track list, she decided to start singing and producing music of her own.

From Washington Post

When comedian and activist Jon Stewart gave an impassioned speech before Congress to seek ongoing aid for 9/11 first responders, it inspired Internet Archive software curator and digital preservationist Jason Scott to share something timely with the world as well: a newly discovered cache of photos from one of the workers who toiled away at Ground Zero, and who’d saved thousands of those photos on CD-R.

From The Verge

Like the top hat, said to have caused a riot when haberdasher John Hetherington first wore it in public in January 1797, the CD-R caused mass consternation in the music industry.

From The Guardian