kvm

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|computer hardware}} {{initialism of|en|[[keyboard]]-[[video]]-[[mouse]]}}: a device allowing these input and output devices to be swapped between a series of [[server]] [[console]]s, especially in a [[rack]] configuration.
2. {{lb|en|computing}} {{initialism of|en|[[kilobyte]] [[virtual machine]]}}: a virtual machine derived from the [[JVM|Java virtual machine]] specification, written for small devices with limited memory.
3. {{lb|en|computing}} {{initialism of|en|[[kernel]]-based [[virtual machine]]}}: a [[virtualization]] [[infrastructure]] for the [[Linux]] kernel that turns it into a [[hypervisor]].

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