A page view is one that is accessible via URL meaning it can be linked to directly

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Submitted by michael on Thu, 01/01/2015 - 16:16

A page view is one that is accessible via URL meaning it can be linked to directly, and
the view appears in the main content area. In order to provide a page view, the 'Page View'
setting must be checked; if unchecked, settings in this section will be ignored. Some items
in this list will be marked as advanced features, and require some understanding of Drupal
to really 'get'. Don't worry if these descriptions don't make sense to you; feel free to
ignore them.