What are Content Types and Nodes?

This is a real easy question, but when your new-- well-- it can send you on a google search 

A Content Type is any type of content in Drupal. Such as a page, blog entry, story, webform, poll, recipe.  Each one is a content type and with CCK or -content construction kit- you can make your own Custom Content Type, such as a classified ad, or a photo page, anything. Some modules will make a new content type automatically like event, poll, webform or recipe. Where do you find the content types? Goto:     Content managment > Create content     and you will see the list of content types that you can create.

A NODE on the other hand is a piece of content and also creates the system path for Drupal.  When you create a page, you have created a node. each page = a node.   Likwise for a blog entry, each blog entry = 1 node.    So, with that info... your first page might be  node/1 .. view the page at   www.mysite.com/node/1    page 2 at www.mysite.com/node/2 ... a blog entry might be node/63    www.mysite.com/node/63