(1) (
Keyboard
Video
Mouse) See
KVM switch and
KVM cable.
(2) (
K Virtual
Machine) A version of the Java Virtual Machine for small devices with limited memory. See
J2ME.
(3) (
Kernel-based
Virtual
Machine) An open source virtualization environment for x86-based Linux machines that is included in Linux, starting with Version 2.6.20. Maintained by Qumranet, Inc., KVM adds a kernel module to Linux, which serves as the host OS. It also includes QEMU for emulating input and output. See
QEMU,
oVirt,
virtual machine and
virtual machine monitor.