session : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: session	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for session
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
session n a meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature" the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term" Synonym(s): school term, academic term, academic session, session a meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session" a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" Synonym(s): seance, sitting, session
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Session \Ses"sion\, n. [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See {Sit}.] 1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. --Hooker. But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . . Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood. --Tennyson. 2. The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business. It's fit this royal session do proceed. --Shak. 3. Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term. It was resolved that the convocation should meet at the beginning of the next session of Parliament. --Macaulay. Note: Sessions, in some of the States, is particularly used as a title for a court of justices, held for granting licenses to innkeepers, etc., and for laying out highways, and the like; it is also the title of several courts of criminal jurisdiction in England and the United States. {Church session}, the lowest court in the Presbyterian Church, composed of the pastor and a body of elders elected by the members of a particular church, and having the care of matters pertaining to the religious interests of that church, as the admission and dismission of members, discipline, etc. {Court of Session}, the supreme civil court of Scotland. {Quarter sessions}. (Eng.Law) See under {Quarter}. {Sessions of the peace}, sittings held by justices of the peace. [Eng.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
session 1. A lasting connection between a user (or user agent) and a {peer}, typically a {server}, usually involving the exchange of many packets between the user's computer and the server. A session is typically implemented as a layer in a network {protocol} (e.g. {telnet}, {FTP}). In the case of protocols where there is no concept of a session layer (e.g. {UDP}) or where sessions at the {session layer} are generally very short-lived (e.g. {HTTP}), {virtual} sessions are implemented by having each exchange between the user and the remote host include some form of {cookie} which stores state (e.g. a unique session ID, information about the user's preferences or authorisation level, etc.). See also {login}. 2. A lasting connection using the {session layer} of a networking protocol. (1997-08-03)