Session may refer to:

Bureaucracy and law

Session (Presbyterian) A session (from the Latin word ''sessio'', which means "to sit", as in sitting to deliberate or talk about something; sometimes called ''consistory'' or ''church board'') is a body of elected elders governing each local church within presbyteria ...

, a governing body in Presbyterian polity *

Court of Session The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland and constitutes part of the College of Justice; the supreme criminal court of Scotland is the High Court of Justiciary. The Court of Session sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh ...

, the supreme civil court of Scotland * Executive session, a portion of the United States Senate's daily session * Legislative session

Computing

* Session (computer science), a semi-permanent interactive information exchange between communicating devices *

Session (web analytics) In web analytics, a session, or visit is a unit of measurement of a user's actions taken within a period of time or with regard to completion of a task. Sessions are also used in operational analytics and provision of user-specific recommendations. ...

, in web analytics, measuring a continuous period of browsing of a website by a particular user *Session, a group of process groups in POSIX-conformant operating systems * CD sessions, how data is laid out on an optical disc * Login session

Music

Contexts

Jam session A jam session is a relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp over tunes, drones, songs, and chord progressions. To "jam" is to improvise music without exte ...

, where musicians gather and play * Pub session, playing music in a public house * Recording session, where musicians record music together

Works

* ''Session'' (Ned's Atomic Dustbin album), a 2004 album by Ned's Atomic Dustbin *"Session", an instrumental song by Linkin Park from their 2003 album '' Meteora'' *"Session", a song by The Offspring from their 1992 album ''

Ignition Ignition may refer to: Science and technology * Firelighting, the human act of creating a fire for warmth, cooking and other uses * Combustion, an exothermic chemical reaction between a fuel and an oxidant * Fusion ignition, the point at which a ...

'' *"Session", a song by Tyler the Creator from the album ''

Bastard Bastard may refer to: Parentage * Illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents ** Bastard (law of England and Wales), illegitimacy in English law People People with the name * Bastard (surname), including a list of people with that na ...

Other uses in music

* CD sessions, the layout of data on a compact disc or DVD *

Session musician Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a recording artist on a ...

, musicians available for hire

Other uses

Academic term An academic term (or simply term) is a portion of an academic year, the time during which an educational institution holds classes. The schedules adopted vary widely. In most countries, the academic year begins in late summer or early autumn and ...

, sometimes called a "session" * Session of Christ, the Christian doctrine of Jesus' place in heaven * ''Session'' (video game), a skateboarding video game planned for 2019 *''Session'', a 2018 short film directed by Buğra Mert Alkayalar