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# Device Kind

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

## Values

CUDA addressable device (GPU) memory.

System (CPU) memory.

## Related Classes

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