What is the difference between cd-r and cd-rw?

Question

What is the difference between cd-r and cd-rw?

Answer 1

r is recordable and rw is rewriteable

Answer 2

cd-r are recordable but only once.

cd-rw are recordable as many times.

r - means read.

rw - means read / write.

Answer 3

CD-R, Record once.. CD-RW, Record many times.

Answer 4

CD-R is write once media.(erase it and original data is lost)

CD-RW is rewrittable media (erase and rewrite or add data sequentially without losing originally written data)

Answer 5

cd-r is recordable only. you can only write to it once.

cd-rw is rewritable, you can use it like a floppy disk, write to it, delete it, write to it again.

Answer 6

all of the answers are correct!