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title: "Term index"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Explore Drupal and Acquia terms with our comprehensive glossary. Find definitions and links for key concepts to enhance your understanding."
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Drupal and Acquia have their own terms and concepts that can be unfamiliar to new users. We have put together the following glossary of terms (including a brief definition for each), and links to more information about each term.

An Acquia [Cloud Platform glossary](/acquia-cloud-platform/glossary) is also available.

Term

Definition

[Block](/definitions/block)

A container for information (placed in _regions_) for display on your website.

[Build artifact](/acquia-cloud-platform/features/pipelines/artifacts)

A generated codebase created as the result of a build process including, but not limited to:

*   Any third-party packages or libraries managed by [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) or [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/).
*   CSS or JavaScript files compiled by task runners, such as [Grunt](https://gruntjs.com/).
*   The results of custom processes scripted and carried out as part of the build process.

[Content](https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/planning-data-types.html)

The information you want to provide to your website’s visitors.

[Content type](https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/planning-data-types.html)

A structured data type defining how you create and display _content_ on a website.

[Docroot](/definitions/docroot)

The root-level directory of your Drupal installation and its websites, containing files and directories.

[Distribution](/definitions/distribution)

A packaged collection of files including Drupal core along with a collection of _themes_ and _modules_, typically designed to address a particular need.

[Environment](/definitions/environment)

The section of the server and application stack in which a web application exists.

[Multisite](/definitions/multisite)

A group of websites in a single _docroot_.

[Module](/definitions/module)

An extension or plugin adding features to your Drupal website.

[Permission](/definitions/permissions)

An individual ability relating to website access or administrative access provided to users.

[Realm](/definitions/realm)

An identifier for the different types of Cloud Platform subscriptions incorporated into a server’s full, unique name, used in certain command-line scripts.

Region

An area defined by a _theme_, into which you can place a _block_ of _content_.

[Role](/definitions/role)

A collection of _permissions_ applied to a group of website users having similar requirements.

[Sitename](/definitions/sitename)

The permanent name used for your application’s default URL and code repository. For information about the sitename naming convention or requirements, see the [Sitename definition](/definitions/sitename) page.

[Tier](/definitions/tier)

A description of your server architecture or subscription.

More resources
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*   The [Current Drupal Version Glossary](https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/glossary.html) and [Drupal 7 Glossary](https://drupal.org/glossary) pages on Drupal.org contain more information about the preceding terms, and other Drupal terms.
*   [Cloud Platform glossary](/acquia-cloud-platform/glossary)