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KVM switch
Device that connects computer front-end hardware to multiple computers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Kernel-based Virtual Machine.
A KVM switch (with KVM being an abbreviation for "keyboard, video, and mouse") is a hardware device that allows a user to control multiple computers from one or more sets of keyboards, video monitors, and mouse.[1]
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