If you're new to archery there are a few terms that you should be aware of.

A self bow is a bow made from one piece of wood - like a longbow or flatbow.

A composite bow can be made up of many types of wood and other materials - like a horse bow.

A laminated bow is made up of fiberglass and wood in layers - like a modern recurve bow.

A compound bow has cables and pulleys and wheels and dohickeys and thingamajigs - like most modern hunting bows.

Also, whilst we're on the subject, a traditional longbow and a traditional flatbow are both self bows, but made with different parts of the wood.  A longbow has a "D" shape because it's made with both the sapwood and the heartwood of a tree.  A flatbow has a flat shape and can be made with a much wider type of wood.