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Non-native speaker here. Can someone please be so nice to explain why do we use the word "Harness" here and not e.g. Orchestrate or Steer? It took me some time

• energy123 9mo ago
  Well, "Orchestrate" and "Steer" are verbs, while "Harness" is a noun. You need a noun here, not a verb, because the harness is not actively doing anything, it's just a set of constraints and a toolset.
  • viraptor 9mo ago
    That doesn't really answer the questions, because there's orchestrator and steering.
• mikodin 9mo ago
  What always came to mind for me is an “engine wiring harness”. It’s responsible for getting power and data to all the right places without having to manually route cables around the engine / car. If you google an image of it, maybe it’ll make sense
• vohk 9mo ago
  As already mentioned, this is the noun use but also different connotations. To my thinking, to orchestrate or steer suggests a conductor or driver, an outside entity providing direction. A master agent creating and directing subagents could reasonably be called an orchestrator. A harness is what the horse wears to pull a cart, or what connects a pilot to a parachute and provides the controls to tug on and steer. It might provide guidance or capability, but not active direction. It's also a fairly common use in hardware ( a wire harness) and software (a testing harness) already.