Session 27962 223091983 2008-07-02T15:11:39Z 192.5.27.138 /* Computing */ Got rid of the "point in time" and changed it to "time" {{wiktionary}} '''Session''' may refer to: ==Bureaucracy== *[[Executive session]], a portion of the United States Senate's daily session *[[Judicial session]] *[[Legislative session]] *[[Session (parliamentary procedure)]] *[[Presbyterian polity]] *[[Court of Session]], the supreme civil court of Scotland ==Computing== *[[Session (computer science)]], also known as a '''communication session''', is a semi-permanent interactive information exchange between communicating devices that is established at a certain time and torn down at a later time. Examples are: ** [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]] sessions ** HTTP sessions, using [[session cookie]]s ** Sessions established by some [[session layer]] protocol ** [[Session Description Protocol]], a format for describing streaming media initialization parameters ** [[Session Initiation Protocol]], a computer network protocol often used for IP telephony, and for setting up and tearing down peer-to-peer communication sessions consisting of one or several media streams *[[Login session]] *[[Optical disc authoring#Sessions]], how data is laid out on an optical disc *A group of process groups in [[POSIX]]-conformant operating systems ==Music== *[[Jam session]], where musicians gather and play *[[Recording session]], where musicians record music together *[[Pub session]], playing music in a public house *[[Session (Linkin Park song)|"Session"]], an instrumental song by Linkin Park from their 2003 album [[Meteora (album)|Meteora]] *"Session", a song by The Offspring from their 1992 album [[Ignition (album)|Ignition]] *[[Session musician]], musicians available for hire ==See also== *[[Cession]] *[[Sessions]] {{disambig}} [[de:Session]] [[fr:Session]] [[lt:Sesija]] [[ja:セッション]] [[pl:Sesja]]