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	Session may refer to: Bureaucracy Executive session Executive session An executive session is a portion of the United States Senate's daily session in which it considers nominations and treaties, or other items introduced by the President of the United States.... , a portion of the United States Senate's daily session Judicial session Legislative session Session (parliamentary procedure) Session (parliamentary procedure) In parliamentary procedure, a session is a meeting or series of connected meetings devoted to a single order of business, program, agenda, or announced purpose.... Presbyterian polity Presbyterian polity Presbyterian polity is a method of church governance typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders. Each local church is governed by a body of elected elders usually called the session or consistory, though other terms, such as church board, may apply.... Court of Session Court of Session The Court of Session is the Supreme courts of Scotland civil court of Scotland. It is both a court of first instance and a court of appeal and sits exclusively in Parliament House, Edinburgh in Edinburgh.... , the supreme civil court of Scotland Computing Session (computer science) Session (computer science) In computer science, in particular computer network, a session is a semi-permanent interactive information exchange, also known as a dialogue, a conversation or a meeting, between two or more communicating devices, or between a computer and user .... , 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: TCP Transmission Control Protocol The Transmission Control Protocol is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP is so central that the entire suite is often referred to as "TCP/IP".... sessions HTTP sessions, using session cookies Sessions established by some session layer Session layer The Session Layer is Layer 5 of the seven-layer OSI model of networking.The Session Layer provides the mechanism for opening, closing and managing a Session between end-user application processes, i.e.... protocol Session Description Protocol Session Description Protocol Session Description Protocol is a format for describing streaming media initialization parameters in an ASCII string. The IETF published the original specification as an Internet Standard in April 1998, and subsequently published a revised specification as an IETF Proposed Standard as RFC 4566 in July 2006.... , a format for describing streaming media initialization parameters Session Initiation Protocol Session Initiation Protocol The Session Initiation Protocol is a Signalling protocol, widely used for setting up and tearing down multimedia communication sessions such as Internet telephony and video calls over the Internet.... , 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 Login session In computing, a login session is the period of activity between a user Logging and logout of a system.On Unix and Unix-like operating systems, a login session takes one of two main forms:... Optical disc authoring#Sessions Optical disc authoring Optical disc authoring, including DVD authoring and Optical disc authoring#Blu-ray_Disc authoring , is the process of assembling source material—video, audio or other data—into the proper logical volume format to then be recorded onto an optical disc .... , how data is laid out on an optical disc A group of process groups in POSIX POSIX POSIX or "Portable Operating System Interface" is the collective name of a family of related standardizations specified by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers to define the application programming interface , along with shell and utilities interfaces for software compatible with variants of the Unix operating system, altho... -conformant operating systems Music Jam session Jam session A jam session is a musical act where musicians gather and play without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements; improvisation.Jam sessions are often used to develop new material, find suitable arrangements, or simply as a social gathering and communal practice session.... , where musicians gather and play Recording session, where musicians record music together Pub session Pub session A pub session refers to playing music and/or singing in a public house.However, this kind of loose assembly of musicians occurs all over the world, with no accepted generic name.... , playing music in a public house "Session", an instrumental song by Linkin Park from their 2003 album Meteora Meteora (album) *Meteora* is the second studio album by nu metal band Linkin Park, first released on March 25, 2003. Following the collaboration album Reanimation which featured remixes of their debut album Hybrid Theory.... "Session", a song by The Offspring from their 1992 album Ignition Ignition (album) 'Ignition' is the second studio album by United States punk rock band The Offspring, released on October 16, 1992.The album had one outtake, "Mission from God", which was released on the compilation album Punk-O-Rama Vol.... Session musician Session musician Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders.... , musicians available for hire Session, an old computer software package for writing MIDI files See also Cession Cession Most broadly, cession is the assignment of property to another entity. In international law it commonly refers to land borders transferred by treaty.... Sessions Sessions Sessions can refer to:* Quarter Sessions, a periodic court formerly held in counties of England and Wales* Petty Sessions, the lowest level of court in England and Wales...