$FrontEndSession is a global symbol that represents the current session of the front end from which the kernel is being run.
$GeoLocation is a settable global variable that specifies the default geodetic location to use.
$ImportFormats gives a list of import formats currently supported in your Mathematica system.
$Inspector is a global variable which gives a function to apply when the inspector is invoked from an interrupt menu.
$IterationLimit gives the maximum length of evaluation chain used in trying to evaluate any expression.
$LicenseExpirationDate is a date list that gives the expiration date for the license under which Mathematica is being run.
$LicenseID is a string that gives the license ID under which Mathematica is being run.
$LicenseServer is a string that gives the name of the license server that is currently authorizing Mathematica to be run.
$Line
(Built-in Mathematica Symbol) $Line is a global variable that specifies the number of the current input line.
$Linked
(Built-in Mathematica Symbol) $Linked is True if the Mathematica kernel is being run through MathLink.