Packet writing or IPW ( original term: Incremental Packet Writing ), is an optical disc recording technology used to allow write-once and rewritable CD and DVD media to be used in a similar manner to a floppy disk from within the operating system, i. e., it allows users to create, modify, and delete files and directories on demand without the need to burn a whole disc.

Packet writing technology achieves this by writing data in incremental blocks rather than in a single block.

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