Stands for 'Compact Disc - Re-Writable'. A CD which can be filled and re-filled with data several times by different computers.

Stands for "CD-ReWritable" - a CD on which you can record data more than once.

A CD-RW disk allows you to write data onto it multiple times instead of just once (a CD-R disk). With a CD-R drive you can use a CD-RW disk just like a floppy or zip disk for backing up files, as well [..]

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 cos [..]

A type of CD that can be written on AND erased. Somewhat like a regular computer floppy disk. CD-RW = CD-ReWritable

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.

Compact Disc - ReWritable. Meaning you can burn things to the CD, then burn them again.

lit. Compact Disc - Re-Writable. a cd that you can burn data onto more than once, covering up old data, or simply adding new.

Literally, a ReWritable Compact Disc. It's a cd that you can burn onto multiple times in case the first time sucked.

CD-Rewritable. Similar in virtually all respects to a CD-R except a CD-RW disc can be written and erased many times. Not preferred for long-time storage of data or photos. Read articles that include t [..]

Jensens Internet Dictionary (See CD-ROM)

Compact Disc-ReWritable. A compact disc introduced in 1997 on which the contents (data) may be erased and rerecorded multiple times. Compare with CD-R.

[CD-ReWritable]. CD recordable media which can be erased and re-recorded. CD-RW media can only be written in a CD-RW recorder, not in a normal CD recorder, though a CD-RW recorder can also record standard CD-R discs. 

A Compact Disc that allows you to write information on it many times, as opposed to a CD-R, which only allows you one chance to write data to the disc.

(Compact Disk-ReWriter) A CD drive which can create CDs, either audio or data, using special rewriteable CDs which are also often called CD-RWs. A CD-RW drive can also create ordinary CDs, though not rewrite them.

(Compact Disk-ReWriter) A CD drive which can create CDs, either audio or data, using special rewriteable CDs which are also often called CD-RWs. A CD-RW drive can also create ordinary CDs, though not [..]

Compact Disc Re-Writable format: these are blank compact disks that can be recorded over and over again, like a floppy disk.

A compact disk player that can read, record, erase, and rerecord information to and from compact disks. In order to use the rewrite feature one must use a special CD-RW disk.

Compact Disc Rewritable. A standard that allows a CD drive to write, erase, and rewrite data on a special disc a virtually unlimited number of times. The drive has a laser that writes and erases data [..]

 A CD-RW is a blank CD that can be written to by a CD burner. Unlike a CD-R (CD-Recordable), a CD-RW can be written to multiple times. The data burned on a CD-RW cannot be changed, but it can be erased. Therefore, you have to completely erase a CD-RW every time you want to change the files or add new data.  

A CD that can be re-used to write data on using a CD-Rewriter.

CD-Rewritable. Similar in virtually all respects to a CD-R except a CD-RW disc can be written and erased many times. Not preferred for long-time storage of data or photos. Read articles that include t [..]

 special type of CD-ROM that can be written onto by any computer with a recording drive; can be written onto more than once