Drupal Terms and Definitions

Here you can find commonly used Drupal terms and their definition.

Taxonomy
The general meaning of Taxonomy is the science of classification. In Drupal it refers to the method by which your website content is organized, using differ...
Wed, 18 Mar, 2015 at 2:22 PM
Term
 The term that is used to describe content. In some articles it is referred to as descriptor. 
Wed, 18 Mar, 2015 at 2:20 PM
Vocabulary
The vocabulary is a list of multiple terms related in some way. 
Wed, 18 Mar, 2015 at 2:20 PM
Tagging
The process that associates a term with the content on your Drupal website.
Wed, 18 Mar, 2015 at 2:21 PM
Nodes
All content on a Drupal website is stored and treated as "nodes". A node is any piece of individual content, such as a page, poll, article, foru...
Tue, 24 Mar, 2015 at 12:58 PM
Roles/permissions
Tue, 24 Mar, 2015 at 12:45 PM
Modules - Core and Contrib
Modules: You can think of modules as plug-ins that extend Drupal core.  There are two main types of modules:  Core modules are included in the...
Tue, 24 Mar, 2015 at 1:21 PM
View
Views: Allows you to manipulate what content is displayed on a page, block, and more. If you are familiar with database queries, Views is essentially cre...
Tue, 24 Mar, 2015 at 2:06 PM