DVD+RW1
noun
1A blank DVD that can be recorded, erased, and rerecorded with data many times and read using the DVD+RW format.
1.1A format for rewritable DVDs used by some companies.
1.2A disc drive that can read and record DVDs.
Origin
Abbreviation of DVD plus rewritable.
DVD-RW2
(also DVD-RAM)
noun
A DVD on which recordings can be made and erased a number of times.Their rewritable DVD-RW is supposed to be readable in DVD-ROM drives and DVD-Video players....
- The DVD + RW and DVD-RW are both rewritable, just like the DVD-RAM.
- There's a DVD-RW and 17-inch digital TFT screen, plus a PCMCIA and card reader.
Origin
Abbreviation of DVD rewritable (or random-access memory).