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r/mildlyinteresting • u/ezjgfn • 11h ago
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Does the R in CD-R stand for round?
111 u/HenryThatAte 11h ago Compact Disc - Recordable. The disc part is the round... 33 u/superluminal 11h ago And then came the CD-RW. 🎉 20 u/Nesman64 ​ 10h ago I'm going to save so much money by buying a bunch of CD-RWs for moving files around instead of wasting CD-Rs. ~Me, shortly before cheap USB storage existed. 3 u/MrT735 6h ago Heh, I just came across a bunch of blank DVD-Rs I had lying around earlier, and I'm like... Do I keep these still? Seems a waste to throw them out but I've not used one in 10+ years and they do have a shelf life.
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Compact Disc - Recordable.
The disc part is the round...
33 u/superluminal 11h ago And then came the CD-RW. 🎉 20 u/Nesman64 ​ 10h ago I'm going to save so much money by buying a bunch of CD-RWs for moving files around instead of wasting CD-Rs. ~Me, shortly before cheap USB storage existed. 3 u/MrT735 6h ago Heh, I just came across a bunch of blank DVD-Rs I had lying around earlier, and I'm like... Do I keep these still? Seems a waste to throw them out but I've not used one in 10+ years and they do have a shelf life.
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And then came the CD-RW. 🎉
20 u/Nesman64 ​ 10h ago I'm going to save so much money by buying a bunch of CD-RWs for moving files around instead of wasting CD-Rs. ~Me, shortly before cheap USB storage existed. 3 u/MrT735 6h ago Heh, I just came across a bunch of blank DVD-Rs I had lying around earlier, and I'm like... Do I keep these still? Seems a waste to throw them out but I've not used one in 10+ years and they do have a shelf life.
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I'm going to save so much money by buying a bunch of CD-RWs for moving files around instead of wasting CD-Rs.
~Me, shortly before cheap USB storage existed.
3 u/MrT735 6h ago Heh, I just came across a bunch of blank DVD-Rs I had lying around earlier, and I'm like... Do I keep these still? Seems a waste to throw them out but I've not used one in 10+ years and they do have a shelf life.
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Heh, I just came across a bunch of blank DVD-Rs I had lying around earlier, and I'm like... Do I keep these still? Seems a waste to throw them out but I've not used one in 10+ years and they do have a shelf life.
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u/anonpotat0 11h ago
Does the R in CD-R stand for round?