Content-types
Drupal has standard 8 content-types available: Block, Blog, Book, Comment, Forum, Page, Poll and Story. Only Page, Story and Block don't need to be enabled in Modules, the others you have to enable by going to Administer>>Site building>>Modules and look under Core - optional.
Drupal doesn't consider Block and comment as real content-types, you don't find them under Administer>>Content management>>Content types. But since they are visible by the user and made by you, I put them in this list.
Overview of the content-types
Page
What Drupal says
A page, similar in form to a story, is a simple method for creating and displaying information that rarely changes, such as an "About us" section of a website. By default, a page entry does not allow visitor comments and is not featured on the site's initial home page.
A page is for the very static content of your site. A page and a story are quite similar content-types, and interchangeable because the initial settings for visitor comments and featuring on the home page can be overruled. The only difference with story are the default settings (which you can change in your theme).
Story
What Drupal says
A story, similar in form to a page, is ideal for creating and displaying content that informs or engages website visitors. Press releases, site announcements, and informal blog-like entries may all be created with a story entry. By default, a story entry is automatically featured on the site's initial home page, and provides the ability to post comments.
A story is for static content of your site. A page and a story are quite similar content-types, and interchangeable because the initial settings for visitor comments and featuring on the home page can be overruled. The only difference with page are the default settings (which you can change in your theme).
Comment
What Drupal says
Users can post comments to discuss a forum topic, blog post, story, collaborative book page, etc. The ability to comment is an important part of involving members in a community dialogue.
Comments are a dangerous feature if not handled carefully. That's why Drupal gives you the possibility to monitor the comments, to review them before you put them on your site, even deleting them after they're published. When allowing anonymous users adding comments, a good anti-spam module is neccesary. Enabling Comments creates a block 'Recent comments'.
Blog
What Drupal says
A blog entry is a single post to an online journal, or blog.
A big difference with page and story is that blogs can be viewed per contributer in the default-settings. Enabling blog will also create a 'Latest blog posts'-block.
Book
What Drupal says
A book page is a page of content, organized into a collection of related entries collectively known as a book. A book page automatically displays links to adjacent pages, providing a simple navigation system for organizing and reviewing structured content.
The book content-type is ideal for very structured content. Although there is a unique format for a typical book-page, it's possible to add pages, stories, forum-topics, polls and a blogpage as content of your book. In that way you can start a book with the collection of earlier written blog-entries. Enabling Book will create the Block 'Book navigation'.
Block
What Drupal says
Blocks are boxes of content rendered into an area, or region, of a web page.
A block is a different kind of content altogether. The main differences with a page, a story or a blog is that a block can be displayed on every webpage, and that blocks can't be searched. Think of a block for navigation, log-in or buttons like tweet this in your header. A block can contain any kind of content, like text, pictures, even gadget you pick from the web.
Forum
What Drupal says
Forums are useful because they allow community members to discuss topics with one another while ensuring those conversations are archived for later reference.
Enabling Forum creates a block 'Active forum topics' and 'New forum topics'.
Poll
What Drupal says
A poll is a simple, multiple choice questionnaire which displays the cumulative results of the answers to the poll. Having polls on the site is a good way to receive feedback from community members.
Enabling Poll creates a block 'Most recent poll'.
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