rewritable

ˌriːˈraɪtəbəl

Definition

Definition of rewritable - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

storage media allowing data to be erased and rewritten

TECH.

I bought a rewritable for my backup files.

erasable

Adjective

changeable media

Rare

able to be written on multiple times

Rare

This document is stored in a rewritable format.

erasable

modifiable

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Origin of rewritable

English, re (again) + writable (able to be written)

Terms with rewritable included in their meaning

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CD-RW

abbr.

abr: compact disk – rewritable

disk that can be written and erased many times

CD/RWs

rewritable discs

compact discs that can be rewritten

DVD-RW

abbr.

abr: Digital Versatile Disc-Rewritable

rewritable disc for storing movies or files

Examples of rewritable in a sentence

Rewritables are useful for temporary data storage.
The rewritable disc can be used for backups.
He prefers rewritable CDs for his music collection.

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French:disque réinscriptible, réinscriptible, ...
German:wiederbeschreibbares Medium, wiederbeschreibbar, ...
Italian:riscrivibile, modificabile, ...
Spanish:dispositivo regrabable, regrabable, ...
Portuguese:meio regravável, regravável, ...
Chinese:可擦写存储器, 可重写的, ...
Japanese:書き換え可能メディア, 書き換え可能な, ...
Arabic:قُرْص قَابِل لإِعَادَة الكِتَابَة, قابِل لإعادة الكِتابة, ...
Hebrew:מֶדְיָה מָחִיקָה וּכְתִיבָה, נִיתָן לִכְתּוֹב מֵחָדָשׁ, ...
Russian:перезаписываемый носитель, перезаписываемый, ...
Ukrainian:перезаписуваний диск, перезаписуваний, ...
Hindi:रीराइटेबल, पुनः लिखने योग्य, ...
Bengali:পুনঃলিখনযোগ্য, ...
Catalan:reescriptible, reescripturable, ...
Czech:přepisovatelné médium, přepisovatelný, ...
Danish:genskrivbar, omskrivbar, ...
Dutch:herschrijfbare, herschrijfbaar, ...
Greek:επαναγράψιμο μέσο, επαναγράψιμος, ...
Hungarian:újraírható lemez, újraírható, ...
Khmer:ឧបករណ៍ផ្ទុកទិន្នន័យដែលអាចលុប និងសរសេរទិន្នន័យឡើងវិញបាន, អាចសរសេរឡើងវិញបាន, ...
Korean:재기록 가능 매체, 재기록 가능한, ...
Persian:قابل نوشتن مجدد, بازنویسی‌پذیر, ...
Polish:nośnik wielokrotnego zapisu, przepisywalny, ...
Portuguese (BR):mídia regravável, regravável, ...
Romanian:disc rescriptibil, rescriptibil, ...
Swedish:återskrivbar, omskrivbar, ...
Thai:สื่อบันทึกข้อมูลที่เขียนใหม่ได้, ที่สามารถเขียนซ้ำได้, ...
Turkish:yeniden yazılabilir, üzerine yazılabilir, ...
Vietnamese:đĩa ghi lại được, có thể ghi lại, ...

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