what is list definition in moss
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Think of List Definition as a Blueprint or template of a list using which you can create instances of list. For example, MOSS comes with out of the box list definitions like Announcements, Tasks etc. You can create a list using those list definitions and the list instances could be: “Department Announcements”, “Team Announcements” etc.
At a very high level, a List Definition contains: Name of the list, template name as it appears in Sharepoint UI, parent list type from which it is deriving, the content types and fields which belong to the list, default and custom views of the list etc.
More information here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms466023(v=office.12).aspx
If you are new to MOSS, creating a list definition is fairly advanced topic and it involves learning many more things than List Definition itself.