Now, if the current is sent one way through the read/write head the area is polarized in one direction.

如果当前通过读写头来发送指向一个方向的信息,这个区域的磁极指向某个方向。

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So as the particles on the disk that get the current in the read/write head moving put together millions of these magnetized segments and you've got a file.

通过读写头你就可以得到每个粒子的极性,如果把这些上百万粒子的信息,汇聚要一起就够成了一个文件。

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When a brief pulse of electricity is sent to the read/write head it flips on a tiny electromagnet for a fraction of a second.

当一个简单的电脉冲被送到读写头,它会短时间内出现一个小的电磁。

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