KVM
E37340
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a Linux kernel module that turns the kernel into a hypervisor, enabling hardware-assisted virtualization of multiple virtual machines.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KVM canonical | 25 |
| Kernel-based Virtual Machine | 6 |
| KVM hypervisor | 1 |
| kvm_intel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T286905 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: KVM Context triple: [Linux, supportsVirtualization, KVM]
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A.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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B.
Claviere
Claviere is a small alpine village and ski resort in northwestern Italy, known for its mountain scenery and winter sports facilities.
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C.
Chromebox
Chromebox is a compact desktop computer that runs Google's ChromeOS and is designed primarily for web-based computing using the Chrome browser.
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D.
KBE
KBE is an abbreviation that most commonly refers to "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor in the British honours system.
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E.
KC
KC is a common shorthand nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, a major Midwestern U.S. city known for its jazz heritage, barbecue, and sports teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: KVM Target entity description: KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a Linux kernel module that turns the kernel into a hypervisor, enabling hardware-assisted virtualization of multiple virtual machines.
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A.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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B.
Claviere
Claviere is a small alpine village and ski resort in northwestern Italy, known for its mountain scenery and winter sports facilities.
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C.
Chromebox
Chromebox is a compact desktop computer that runs Google's ChromeOS and is designed primarily for web-based computing using the Chrome browser.
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D.
KBE
KBE is an abbreviation that most commonly refers to "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor in the British honours system.
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E.
KC
KC is a common shorthand nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, a major Midwestern U.S. city known for its jazz heritage, barbecue, and sports teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux kernel module
ⓘ
hypervisor ⓘ |
| abbreviation | KVM self-link ⓘ |
| architectureSupport |
ARM
ⓘ
PowerPC ⓘ s390 ⓘ x86 ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ |
| category |
system software
ⓘ
virtualization technology ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Linux
ⓘ
surface form:
Linux kernel
|
| developedBy | Avi Kivity ⓘ |
| fullName |
KVM
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
|
| hostKernelModule |
kvm
ⓘ
kvm_amd ⓘ KVM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
kvm_intel
|
| implements | full virtualization ⓘ |
| introducedInKernelVersion |
Linux
ⓘ
surface form:
Linux 2.6.20
|
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Linux kernel community ⓘ |
| oftenUsedWith | QEMU ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| originallyDevelopedAt | Qumranet ⓘ |
| provides |
virtual CPUs
ⓘ
virtual I/O ⓘ virtual memory management ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| requires | hardware-assisted virtualization ⓘ |
| supports |
multiple virtual machines
ⓘ
paravirtualized drivers ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
CPU hotplug
ⓘ
NUMA awareness ⓘ live migration ⓘ overcommitment of memory ⓘ snapshotting ⓘ |
| supportsGuestOS |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form:
Solaris
Windows ⓘ |
| supportsTechnology |
AMD-V
ⓘ
Intel VT-x ⓘ |
| usedBy |
OpenStack
ⓘ
Proxmox VE ⓘ oVirt ⓘ
surface form:
Red Hat Virtualization
oVirt ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cloud computing
ⓘ
desktop virtualization ⓘ server virtualization ⓘ |
| uses | QEMU ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: KVM Description of subject: KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a Linux kernel module that turns the kernel into a hypervisor, enabling hardware-assisted virtualization of multiple virtual machines.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
this entity surface form:
kvm_intel
this entity surface form:
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
this entity surface form:
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
this entity surface form:
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
this entity surface form:
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
subject surface form:
Intel VT-x
subject surface form:
AMD-V