Wich is the difference

hi everybody;
can someone explain me the difference between asterisk and zaptel ?
in all asterisk config i have there is lines containing zaptel.
i’m confused.
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Here you can find a lot of info on Asterisk voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk

and in particular about zaptel here
voip-info.org/wiki/view/Zaptel

Asterisk is a softswitch/PBX/ACD/and many other things, while Zaptel is an opensource set of drivers for TDM hardware cards. This is simplified, but gives you an idea.