CD-RW

American  

noun

1. a compact disc onto which data can be written multiple times.

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CD-RW British  

noun

1. compact disc rewritable; a compact disc that can be used to record and rerecord

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Etymology

Origin of CD-RW

1995–2000; C(ompact) D(isc)- R(e)W(ritable)

Example Sentences

I burned the information onto a CD-RW on 15 February 2010, took it to my CHU, and saved it onto my personal laptop.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2013

I placed the CD-RW in one of my personal CD cases containing a set of ‘Starting Out in Arabic CD’s.’

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2013

I stored the backup CD-RW with larger datasets in the conference room of the T-SCIF or next to my workstation.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2013

Around this time frame, I burned a second CD-RW containing the aerial weapons team video.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2013

Later I thought it would be easier to just to save all of the SigActs onto a CD-RW.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2013