Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation compact disk–recordable
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a recordable compact disk; a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism Compact Disk - Read only or Compact Disk - Recordable; a form of digital media that is based on the use of a laser to read from a plastic disc. It can only be written to once.
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Examples
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It features the following speeds: 4x for DVD+R DL, 4x for DVD-R DL, 8x for both single layer DVD±R, 8x for single layer DVD+RW, 6x for single layer DVD-RW, 5x for DVD-RAM, and 24x/16x for CD-R/RW.
Midnight Sideshow | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
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CD-R and CD-RW are dirt cheap, as are the players and recorders.
Copyright Law and Utilitarianism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Fans can just download the music off a P2P site and burn it to the CD-R.
Boing Boing 2009
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And it really doesn't matter - there's no single recommended way, hard drive or CD-R or other backup tape, but you just should have several of them.
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And it really doesn't matter - there's no single recommended way, hard drive or CD-R or other backup tape, but you just should have several of them.
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All copies will be clearly labelled: 'For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music.
Boing Boing 2009
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Danger Mouse's EMI-killed CD will be released as a blank CD-R, just add download
Boing Boing 2009
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EMI has told Danger Mouse that his latest CD won't see the light of day due to "legal issues," so he's responding by releasing the disc as a blank CD-R in a jewel case with art and liner notes.
Boing Boing 2009
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He added that the album, which comes with a limited edition, "100+ page book" of David Lynch photographs inspired by the music "will now come with a blank, recordable CD-R".
Boing Boing 2009
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And it really doesn't matter - there's no single recommended way, hard drive or CD-R or other backup tape, but you just should have several of them.
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