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CD-RW

American  

noun

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


CD-RW British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of CD-RW

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

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I took the CD-RW to my CHU and copied the data onto my personal computer.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2013

On 8 January 2010, I collected the CD-RW I stored in the conference room of the T-SCIF and placed it into the cargo pocket of my ACU or Army Combat Uniform.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2013

I saved that onto a CD-RW, and placed the executable in my ‘My Documents’ directory on my user profile, on the D6-A SIPRnet workstation.

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

I downloaded WinRAR on NIPRnet and transfered it to the D6-A machine user profile desktop using a CD-RW.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2013

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