Full copies of Drupal that include Drupal Core, along with additional software are called, in Drupal terminology, distributions.
Distributions are full copies of Drupal that include Drupal Core, along with additional software such as themes, modules, libraries, and installation profiles. There are two main types of Drupal distributions:
Full-featured distributions
All-inclusive products: complete solutions for specialized use cases.Other distributions
Quick-start tools: starting points for developers and site builders.
With a full-featured distribution, you can quickly and easily set up a site for a specialized purpose such as academic, business, government, nonprofit, publishing, social in few steps.
