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# Device Kind

Represents the kind of device a [`Device`](/dynamo/dev/additional-resources/nixl-connect-api/device) object represents.


## Values

### `CUDA`

CUDA addressable device (GPU) memory.

### `HOST`

System (CPU) memory.


## Related Classes

  - [Connector](/dynamo/dev/additional-resources/nixl-connect-api/connector)
  - [Descriptor](/dynamo/dev/additional-resources/nixl-connect-api/descriptor)
  - [Device](/dynamo/dev/additional-resources/nixl-connect-api/device)
  - [OperationStatus](/dynamo/dev/additional-resources/nixl-connect-api/operation-status)
  - [RdmaMetadata](/dynamo/dev/additional-resources/nixl-connect-api/rdma-metadata)
  - [ReadOperation](/dynamo/dev/additional-resources/nixl-connect-api/read-operation)
  - [WritableOperation](/dynamo/dev/additional-resources/nixl-connect-api/writable-operation)
  - [WriteOperation](/dynamo/dev/additional-resources/nixl-connect-api/write-operation)