Does cd rewritable mean cd burner?

Question

Does cd rewritable mean cd burner?

Answer 1

Basically

Answer 2

CD-Rewritable means Compact Disc Re-Writable

CD-RW is a re-writable optical disc format. CD-RW was introduced in 1997.

CD-RW disc can be written and erased roughly 1000 times.

CD-RW should have a life expectancy of 25 years or more (as compared to 30+ years for CD-R).

CD-RW drive is the CD burner

Answer 3

Nope ...  

Answer 4

CD rewritable also written as CD/RW is a type of a CD that allows multiple writing onto it. A CD writable also written as CD/R is a write once CD. While a CD-ROM is one which has already been written and can only be viewed. A CD burner is a software that allows you to write data onto a blank CD/R and sometimes onto a CD/RW(if your system supports it). So a CD rewiter and not rewritable maens a CD Burner. A CD rewritable means the CD.

Answer 5

CD "rewriter" and CD burner means the same thing but CD rewritable (or CD-RW) is a type of optical media and is not the same as the physical optical drive.

Answer 6

If you're looking at your CD drive, then they should be essentially one and the same.  I suppose it's possible an optical drive could only write to CD-Rs and not CD-RWs, but if it can do CD-RWs (rewritable) then it should also be able to do CD-Rs (Non-reuseable blank CDs, read: burn once).