To start off you should probably want to know what a zombie is, assuming you don't. A zombie is a dead body that still carries some function that allows it to move. In layman' terms, it is basically saying that once a person is dead they get infected and are still able to move. This zombie like effect will last until the brain is dead. A zombie may even be decapitated and still work, only when the brain is destroyed does the zombie officially die.
Zombies have a bunch of nicknames like lurkers, walkers, creepers, roamers and more. All of them mean the same