CD-R

noun

a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory

• Syn: ↑compact disc recordable, ↑CD-WO, ↑compact disc write-once

• Hypernyms: ↑compact disk, ↑compact disc, ↑CD

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n.

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

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

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abbrev

Compact disc recordable

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CD-R UK [ˌsiː diː ˈɑː(r)] US [ˌsi di ˈɑr] noun [countable] [singular CD-R plural CD-Rs] computing

compact disc recordable: an empty CD you can use only once to record music or information from a computer

Thesaurus: computer memory and data storage devices_hyponym