Actuator

Japanese: アクチュエーター - あくちゅえーた
Actuator
"Actuate" means to make something work or operate, and generally refers to a mechanism that turns a device on or off by moving or adjusting it. In computer-related terms, the part that moves the magnetic head of a hard disk to the inner/outer circumference of the platter is called an actuator.

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Japanese:
「actuate」は「働かせる」、「作動させる」という意味で、一般には、移動したり調整したりすることで、デバイスをオン/オフする機構を指してこう呼ぶ。コンピューター関連では、ハードディスクにおいて、磁気ヘッドをプラッターの内周/外周に移動するための部品をアクチュエーターと呼んでいる。

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