Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "semester" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "semester" over time.
An academic term is a portion of an academic year during which an educational institution holds classes. The schedules adopted vary widely. Common terms such as semester, trimester, and quarter are used to denote terms of specific durations. In most countries, the academic year begins in late summer or early autumn and ends during the following spring or summer. Read more on Wikipedia