It is really hard to find on the site what kvm stands for. Guess people going there knows what it stands for but think it could be spelled out once at least.

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Grombobulous 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just click the “docs” button at the top and the concept is explained in the first paragraph.

	▲	normie3000 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed, except for "just". To me a KVM is a physical switch for 2 computers to share the same wired peripherals. It took me 4 different tries to find a page which explained what this one is.

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embedding-shape 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Warning: Don't browse their documentation site, it's filled with domain-specific jargon like FPS, BIOS, LAN, HDMI and other things, and not a single one is explained first! They should clearly read "Product Websites for Dummies" again.

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ValdikSS 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Actually yes, why not? All the professional documentation has glossary in it, btw.

	▲	Grombobulous 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you click the “docs” button on this page the definition of KVM and the purpose of the product explained immediately.

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greenavocado 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's an aposematism. Everything working as intended

	▲	aposematism 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Even if not intended, it is a good method of keeping support levels to a reasonable minimum.

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numpad0 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Keyboard Video Mouse... It's such a weird TLA that it's not felt to be worth explaining or remembering

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codethief 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well I came here thinking this would be about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine .

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Hamuko 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The worst part is that there's two different KVM concepts that are pretty different. One is to bridge keyboard/video/mouse over the network to a target computer (IP KVM), and the other one is to quickly switch keyboard/video/mouse between multiple computers (KVM switch).

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miki_oomiri 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

TLA ?

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bunsenhoneydew 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Three Letter Acronym

Except it’s an initialism

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		TLI
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atsaloli 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Three Letter Acronym

It’s a YABA

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AdamGibbins 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Three Letter Acronym

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antonvs 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

LMGTFY

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greatgib 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not to be taken in a bad way but, so many people wondering "what is a KVM" is telling a lot about HN reader base evolution.

It used to be a time that any proper geek/hacker would obviously know what a KVM is. More the normal KVM than the IP-KVM that could be considered a marvel of our time in the end.

Because it was so common to have just a single screen and keyboard but multiple tower desktop computers. Especially at school and home. Nowadays we mostly all use laptops so it is well irrelevant and I guess only a few young reader ever saw one in the field.

	▲	oftenwrong 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		At the beginning of my career, it was typical to have servers in the office, either in a server closet, or in a proper server room. Even if we had servers off-site, the development infrastructure was often still local. It was typical for experienced developers to know how to do basic "physical" maintenance. I was a system administrator before I was a developer, so often I was the one who ended up doing it. I imagine many HN readers remember those days. I miss it a bit!