cd-rw

compact disk rewritable, n.: a cd that you can burn with various amounts of data multiple times or erased unlike a cd-r which can only be burned once and cannot be erased.
cd-rw have a much higher cost than cd-r’s and slower burning rates and thus less used.
i prefer to use cd-rw for work because i can reuse them, but for permanent things i like to use cd-r.
a type of cd that can be written on and erased. somewhat like a regular computer floppy disk.

cd-rw = cd-rewritable
unless that cd is a cd-rw, i can’t erase what’s on it.
a recordable cd with data that can be overwritten. not to be confused with a cd-r, which has data that can only be written once.
cd-rw disc (sold in most stores, more expensive than a cd-r)
compact disc – rewritable. meaning you can burn things to the cd, then burn them again.
“hey man, i gotta erase this anti-flag cd-rw for a bad religion cd-rw.”
lit. compact disc – re-writable.
a cd that you can burn data onto more than once, covering up old data, or simply adding new.
i’ve been using this cd-rw for bringing all my homework -ssignments into school because my printer at home has been broken.
literally, a rewritable compact disc.

it’s a cd that you can burn onto multiple times in case the first time sucked.
let’s go buy some cd-rw’s and bring the downfall of pop music because someone cant get their prada bag.