This content has been automatically translated from Ukrainian.
In the context of the web, the term session is usually used to describe the connection between a user and a website over a certain period of time. A session can begin when a user first visits the website and ends when the user logs out or remains inactive for a certain period of time.
The main idea of sessions is to maintain the state of interaction between the user and the website over multiple visits. For this purpose, unique session identifiers are assigned to the user during their first visit and are stored, for example, in cookies.
Sessions allow websites to store information about the user, such as login status, preferences, items in the shopping cart, etc. This helps provide a convenient and personalized user experience on the website.
A session can be anonymous - when you have not logged into the site.
There are also authenticated sessions - these are sessions when the user has successfully logged into the site, and the system recognizes them as a specific user. During authentication, a token or another session identifier is generated, which is used to interact with the site without re-entering the username and password for each request.
This is a simplified explanation of what a session is. There are more variations in how session and user information is managed and stored, but the concept remains the same.
