This is a switch that connects 2 or more computers to the same keyboard, mouse, and monitor. The KVM switch fools each computer into thinking that they are actively connected to a separate keyboard, mouse and monitor. There is always some mechanism (a button and or keyboard command) on a KVM switch to switch between which computer accepts the input of the keyboard and mouse, and displays output to the monitor. Thus, when you move the mouse connected to the switch, your mouse movement is only echoed to the active computer at the time.
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a control unit that allows access to multiple computers from a single console (keyboard, monitor, and mouse)
a device that is used to share one set of Keyboard Video Mouse devices between multiple computers
a device to switch a single Keyboard, Monitor (the V is for video) and Mouse between multiple computers
a Keyboard, Video, Mouse switch, which enables you to control two or more computer boxes using a single keyboard, monitor and mouse
a particular device this permits multiple computers to be commanded from one keyboard, video monitor and Mouse
a switch box used to connect one KVM to multiple computers
a type of technology that gives one user access to multiple computers from a single workstation
Keyboard, Video, Mouse: Device that allows two computers to share one monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
Keyboard, video and mouse switch)- one set of keyboard, monitor and mouse can control 2 sets, 4 sets, 8 sets, 16 sets and up to 4096 sets of computers through KVM switch.
(Keyboard Video Mouse switch) - switch that connects two or more computers to the same keyboard, mouse, and monitor. The KVM switch fools each computer into thinking that it is actively connected to a separate keyboard, mouse, and monitor. There is always some mechanism (a button and or keyboard command) on a KVM switch to decide which computer (at a given time) accepts the input of the keyboard and mouse and displays output to the monitor. Thus, when you move the mouse connected to the switch your mouse movement is only echoed to the active computer. Some KVM switches also accept audio input so that more then one computer can use the same set of speakers, although not simultaneously. Most KVM switches use PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse operations, but more and more are coming with USB support.
A KVM switch (with KVM being an initialism for Keyboard, Video, Mouse) is a hardware device that allows a user to control multiple computers from a single keyboard, video monitor and mouse. Although multiple computers are connected to the KVM, typically a smaller number of computers can be controlled at any given time. This is referred to as the 'Blocking Factor'.
