KVM

Noun

Meaning

(computer hardware) Initialism of keyboard-video-mouse: a device allowing these input and output devices to be swapped between a series of server consoles, especially in a rack configuration.

(computing) Initialism of kilobyte virtual machine: a virtual machine derived from the Java virtual machine specification, written for small devices with limited memory.

(computing) Initialism of kernel-based virtual machine: a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel that turns it into a hypervisor.

Examples

An excellent discussion of the performance of SmartMachines versus kvm virtual machines (and other virtualization mechanisms, see Brendan's blog: Virtualization Performance: Zones, KVM, Xen. Source: Internet

It’s even got a KVM switch, so you can run two devices using this display and one set of peripherals. Source: Internet

Experience using virtualization technologies such as VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM or Xen Server. Source: Internet

If a 64-bit host operating system in a machine with hardware virtualization is available, install a KVM virtual machine. Source: Internet

If you make a management API call to query the contents of the encrypted KVM, the value component of entries in the map are masked. Source: Internet

Many of the cloud managers, such as OpenStack, were developed around KVM technology so this is a logical fit for cloud deployments. Source: Internet

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