rewritable

Not permanently stored

Rewritable describes storage media that can be erased and recorded again: rewritable CDs, rewritable DVDs.

The term distinguishes these from write-once formats that permanently store data.

More broadly, anything rewritable can be revised or overwritten: The rules aren't set in stone—they're rewritable.

correctable

revisable

Capable of being changed

erasable · renewable · improvable · reworkable · editable · update · revise · correct · proofread · errata

modifiable

customizable

Able to be modified

programmable · upgradeable · tailorable · reconfigurable · personalizable · refinable · adaptable · scalable · convertible · reprogrammable

editable

text editor

Program for modifying plaintext

manuscript · backspace · cursor · typing · formatting · undo · redo · cut · copy · paste

malleable

flexible

Able to bend freely

reshapable · adaptable · versatile · fluid · plastic · changeable · evolving · dynamic · iterative

Opposites
modifiability

rewritableread-only

Viewable but not changeable

write-protected · immutable · uneditable · unalterable · locked

permanence

rewritablepermanent

Fixed without end

indelible · archival · unalterable · irreversible · fixed

Family

write, writer, writing, written, rewrite, writhe, writings, rewriting, rewritten

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