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ＤＶＤ-Ｒ (ディー・ブイ・ディー・アール) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＤＶＤ-Ｒ

also: ディーブイディーアール

Meanings

1

noun

DVD-R; DVD recordable; digital versatile disc recordable

A recordable DVD format; the most common term in Japanese is the English-derived abbreviation DVD-R.

このＤＶＤ-Ｒにデータを保ほ存ぞんしてください。
Please save the data on this DVD-R.

Written forms

ＤＶＤ-Ｒ
Standard written form with hyphen.
ＤＶＤＲ
Variant without hyphen; less common but still seen.

Similar words

ＤＶＤ-ＲＷ
DVD-RW is rewritable, while DVD-R is write-once.
ＣＤ-Ｒ
CD-R is a recordable compact disc with lower capacity than DVD-R.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'DVD-R', an abbreviation of 'Digital Versatile Disc Recordable'.