What is definition of "session-timeout" ?

[Steven Punte]

Dear Orion Interest Group:       I'm controlling the time-out of server side java beans using     the web.xml  <session-timeout> numOfMinutes </session-timeout>     configuration parameter.       Does anyone know the definition of this parameter?  Is it:   Time-out from the last time the object was used? Time-out from the moment the object was initially created?     Thanks in Advance     STeve Punte e-Business Software Architect Technologent Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED]