What does "dvd-rw" mean?

Initialism of Digital Versatile Disc - read/writable: a form of digital media that is similar to a CD, but has far greater capacity and can be written to more than once.

How do you pronounce "dvd-rw"?

Pronounced //diː viː diː ɑː ˈdʌb(ə)ljuː//.

Dvd-rw

//diː viː diː ɑː ˈdʌb(ə)ljuː// noun

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Initialism of Digital Versatile Disc - read/writable: a form of digital media that is similar to a CD, but has far greater capacity and can be written to more than once. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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