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John Yılmaz
1,713 PointsWhat is session?
It might be late for asking this but I am not sure that İ know the meaning of this term. Could anyone explain it?
2 Answers
Geoffrey Emerson
18,726 PointsThe word "session" in this context (working in a text console) means a single connection to a remote computer. When the instructor refers to "your session", he is talking about what you are currently working on plus all the jobs you have paused in the background.
If you were to open up a new tab in the console, that would be a new session, like logging in again from a different computer. Your paused background programs from the first tab are not available in the new tab, because it is a different session.
The same word is used even if you are opening a console window on your own linux based computer. Even though it is not technically a remote computer, it functions in almost the exact same way.
When you close the console window (or tab), the session is terminated, and any programs you had open in the foreground or background are killed.
John Yılmaz
1,713 PointsThank you, Geoffrey.