rewritableadj.

Brit.

/riːˈrʌɪtəbl/, U.S.

/riˈraɪdəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1900s– rewritable, 1900s– rewriteable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rewrite v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < rewrite v. + -able suffix, after writable adj. Compare rewrite v. 2c.

Computing and Electronics.

Of a data storage device or medium: capable of being overwritten with new data. Now: spec. designating a CD or DVD on which data can be written and subsequently erased and rewritten (also as postmodifier). Cf. write-once adj. at write v. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1971 IBM Techn. Disclosure Bull. 14 263 (title) Rewritable igfet read-only store.

1981 IEEE Internat. Solid-state Circuits Conf. Digest Papers (IEEE) 222 (title) A single-chip microcomputer with realtime rewritable nonvolatile data storage.

1991 SunWorld Dec. 33/2 QStar's WORM, rewritable and multifunction optical drives and jukeboxes provide..the ability to read, write and access files exactly like magnetic disk.

1995 Macworld Oct. 36/2 CD-Rewritable (CD-RW), an erasable CD format, won't be available for about two more years.

2000 Which? June 25/1 CD recorders are becoming faster, although they're quicker if you use write-once disks, that you can record on just once, rather than rewriteable disks.

2004 PC World (Electronic ed.) Dec. Get a DVD-rewritable drive. These drives have become remarkably inexpensive—and they write CD-RWs, too.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rewritable
释义	rewritableadj. Brit. /riːˈrʌɪtəbl/, U.S. /riˈraɪdəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1900s– rewritable, 1900s– rewriteable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rewrite v., -able suffix. Etymology: < rewrite v. + -able suffix, after writable adj. Compare rewrite v. 2c. Computing and Electronics. Of a data storage device or medium: capable of being overwritten with new data. Now: spec. designating a CD or DVD on which data can be written and subsequently erased and rewritten (also as postmodifier). Cf. write-once adj. at write v. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1971 IBM Techn. Disclosure Bull. 14 263 (title) Rewritable igfet read-only store. 1981 IEEE Internat. Solid-state Circuits Conf. Digest Papers (IEEE) 222 (title) A single-chip microcomputer with realtime rewritable nonvolatile data storage. 1991 SunWorld Dec. 33/2 QStar's WORM, rewritable and multifunction optical drives and jukeboxes provide..the ability to read, write and access files exactly like magnetic disk. 1995 Macworld Oct. 36/2 CD-Rewritable (CD-RW), an erasable CD format, won't be available for about two more years. 2000 Which? June 25/1 CD recorders are becoming faster, although they're quicker if you use write-once disks, that you can record on just once, rather than rewriteable disks. 2004 PC World (Electronic ed.) Dec. Get a DVD-rewritable drive. These drives have become remarkably inexpensive—and they write CD-RWs, too. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1971
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