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+### 🧱 State Transition Function {#-state-transition-function}
+<p>
+The STF (State Transition Function) defines how new blocks are produced from input messages (i.e. transactions) in an Arbitrum chain.
+</p>
+
 ### Active Validator {#active-validator}
 <p>
 A staked <a href="/intro/glossary#validator">Validator</a>  that makes disputable assertions to advance the state of an Arbitrum chain or to challenge the validity of others' assertions. (Not to be confused with the <a href="/intro/glossary#sequencer">Sequencer</a> ).
@@ -95,6 +100,16 @@ Arbitrum's "operating system" that trustlessly handles system-level operations;
 A staked claim by an Arbitrum <a href="/intro/glossary#validator">Validator</a>. An assertion may, e.g., propose a new <a href="/intro/glossary#rblock">RBlock</a>, or may be a step in a <a href="/intro/glossary#challenge">Challenge</a>.
 </p>
 
+### Auction Contract {#auction-contract}
+<p>
+A smart contract that handles the state, accounting of funds for bids, and various operations of the <a href="/intro/glossary#timeboost">Timeboost</a> auction. The contract is deployed on the target chain for which Timeboost is enabled.
+</p>
+
+### Autonomous Auctioneer {#autonomous-auctioneer}
+<p>
+Off chain software that receives bids from <a href="/intro/glossary#timeboost">Timeboost</a>  participants, processes and validates bids, and then posts the top valid bid (or top two valid bids in the case of a tie) to the <a href="/intro/glossary#auction-contract">Auction Contract</a>  to resolve the on-going Timeboost auction. The autonomous auctioneer, for a given chain, is provisioned & deployed by an entity designated by the chain's owner.
+</p>
+
 ### Batch {#batch}
 <p>
 A group of Arbitrum transactions posted in a single transaction on the <a href="/intro/glossary#underlying-chain">Underlying Chain</a>  into the <a href="/intro/glossary#fast-inbox">Fast Inbox</a>  by the <a href="/intro/glossary#sequencer">Sequencer</a>.
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 The paradigm introduced by <a href="/intro/glossary#stylus">Stylus</a> in which Arbitrum's EVM compatibility is preserved while new features and improvements are introduced.
 </p>
 
+### Express Lane {#express-lane}
+<p>
+A component of <a href="/intro/glossary#timeboost">Timeboost</a>, the express lane is a special endpoint on the <a href="/intro/glossary#sequencer">Sequencer</a> that immediately sequences incoming, valid transactions signed by the current express lane controller. 
+</p>
+
+### Express Lane Controller {#express-lane-controller}
+<p>
+An address, defined in the <a href="/intro/glossary#auction-contract">Auction Contract</a>, that is granted the privilege to use the <a href="/intro/glossary#express-lane">Express Lane</a>. These privileges are granted after verifying that the incoming transactions were properly signed by the express lane controller, among other checks.
+</p>
+
 ### Fair Ordering Algorithm {#fair-ordering-algorithm}
 <p>
 BFT algorithm in which a committee comes to consensus on transaction ordering; current single-party <a href="/intro/glossary#sequencer">Sequencer</a> on Arbitrum may eventually be replaced by a fair-ordering committee.
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 Contract that holds a sequence of messages sent by clients to an Arbitrum Chain; a message can be put into the fast Inbox directly by the <a href="/intro/glossary#sequencer">Sequencer</a>  or indirectly through the <a href="/intro/glossary#delayed-inbox">Delayed Inbox</a>.
 </p>
 
+### First Come First Serve (FCFS) {#first-come-first-serve-fcfs}
+<p>
+A type of <a href="/intro/glossary#transaction-ordering-policy">Transaction Ordering Policy</a> used by the sequencer in Arbitrum chains whereby incoming transactions are sequenced into a block in the order that the transactions arrived.
+</p>
+
 ### Force-Inclusion {#forceinclusion}
 <p>
 Censorship resistant path for including a message into an Arbitrum chain via the <a href="/intro/glossary#delayed-inbox">Delayed Inbox</a> on its <a href="/intro/glossary#parent-chain">Parent chain</a>; bypasses any Sequencer involvement.
@@ -466,9 +496,9 @@ The bow and arrow are commonly associated with the Hero's of Tales of Elleria.
 Jump into the world of Elleria and go on adventures.
 </p>
 
-### Time boost {#time-boost}
+### Timeboost {#timeboost}
 <p>
-A proposed (not currently live) transaction policy in which users can pay a fee to the <a href="/intro/glossary#sequencer">Sequencer</a> for a small ordering advantage. See [here](<a href="https://medium.com/offchainlabs/time-boost-a-new-transaction-ordering-policy-for-arbitrum-5b3066382d62">https://medium.com/offchainlabs/time-boost-a-new-transaction-ordering-policy-for-arbitrum-5b3066382d62</a>) for more.    
+A transaction ordering policy in which entities can bid for the right to access an express lane on the <a href="/intro/glossary#sequencer">Sequencer</a> for faster transaction inclusion. See the <a href="https://github.com/OffchainLabs/timeboost-design/tree/main">research specification</a> to learn more. 
 </p>
 
 ### 🐸 Toadstoolz {#toadstoolz}
@@ -501,6 +531,11 @@ Build a warm and prosperous town with friends in TownStory.
 A user-initiated interaction with a Blockchain. Transactions are typically signed by users via wallets and are paid for via transaction fees. 
 </p>
 
+### Transaction Ordering Policy {#transaction-ordering-policy}
+<p>
+The rules and logic employed by a chain to order incoming transactions into a block.
+</p>
+
 ### ✨ Treasure DAO {#treasure-dao}
 <p>
 While exploring the Arbitrum ecosystem, you may see some shining stars.

website/static/glossary.json

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 "active-validator":{"title":"Active Validator","text":"<p>\nA staked <a href=\"/intro/glossary#validator\">Validator</a>  that makes disputable assertions to advance the state of an Arbitrum chain or to challenge the validity of others' assertions. (Not to be confused with the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#sequencer\">Sequencer</a> ).\n</p>"},
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 "arb-token-bridge":{"title":"Arb Token Bridge","text":"<p>\nA series of contracts on an Arbitrum chain and its underlying chain that facilitate trustless movement of ERC-20 tokens between the two layers.\n</p>"},
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
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+"autonomous-auctioneer":{"title":"Autonomous Auctioneer","text":"<p>\nOff chain software that receives bids from <a href=\"/intro/glossary#timeboost\">Timeboost</a>  participants, processes and validates bids, and then posts the top valid bid (or top two valid bids in the case of a tie) to the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#auction-contract\">Auction Contract</a>  to resolve the on-going Timeboost auction. The autonomous auctioneer, for a given chain, is provisioned & deployed by an entity designated by the chain's owner.\n</p>"},
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+"express-lane":{"title":"Express Lane","text":"<p>\nA component of <a href=\"/intro/glossary#timeboost\">Timeboost</a>, the express lane is a special endpoint on the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#sequencer\">Sequencer</a> that immediately sequences incoming, valid transactions signed by the current express lane controller. \n</p>"},
+"express-lane-controller":{"title":"Express Lane Controller","text":"<p>\nAn address, defined in the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#auction-contract\">Auction Contract</a>, that is granted the privilege to use the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#express-lane\">Express Lane</a>. These privileges are granted after verifying that the incoming transactions were properly signed by the express lane controller, among other checks.\n</p>"},
 "fair-ordering-algorithm":{"title":"Fair Ordering Algorithm","text":"<p>\nBFT algorithm in which a committee comes to consensus on transaction ordering; current single-party <a href=\"/intro/glossary#sequencer\">Sequencer</a> on Arbitrum may eventually be replaced by a fair-ordering committee.\n</p>"},
 "fast-exit--liquidity-exit":{"title":"Fast Exit / Liquidity Exit","text":"<p>\nA means by which a user can bypass an Arbitrum chain's <a href=\"/intro/glossary#challenge-period\">Challenge Period</a> when withdrawing fungible assets (or more generally, executing some \"fungible\" L2 to L1 operation); for trustless fast exits, a liquidity provider facilitates an atomic swap of the asset on L2 directly to L1.\n</p>"},
 "fast-inbox":{"title":"Fast Inbox","text":"<p>\nContract that holds a sequence of messages sent by clients to an Arbitrum Chain; a message can be put into the fast Inbox directly by the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#sequencer\">Sequencer</a>  or indirectly through the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#delayed-inbox\">Delayed Inbox</a>.\n</p>"},
+"first-come-first-serve-fcfs":{"title":"First Come First Serve (FCFS)","text":"<p>\nA type of <a href=\"/intro/glossary#transaction-ordering-policy\">Transaction Ordering Policy</a> used by the sequencer in Arbitrum chains whereby incoming transactions are sequenced into a block in the order that the transactions arrived.\n</p>"},
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 "fraud-proof":{"title":"Fraud proof","text":"<p>\nThe means by which an <a href=\"/intro/glossary#active-validator\">Active Validator</a> proves to its underlying chain that an invalid state transition has taken place.\n</p>"},
 "gas-price-floor":{"title":"Gas Price Floor","text":"<p>\nProtocol-enforced minimum gas price on an Arbitrum chain; currently 0.1 gwei on <a href=\"/intro/glossary#arbitrum-one\">Arbitrum One</a> and 0.01 gwei on <a href=\"/intro/glossary#arbitrum-nova\">Arbitrum Nova</a>.\n</p>"},
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 "standarderc20-gateway":{"title":"StandardERC20 gateway","text":"<p>\n<a href=\"/intro/glossary#token-gateway\">Token Gateway</a> via which any underlying chain's ERC20 token can permissionlessly bridge; the StandardERC20 gateway contracts deploy a <a href=\"/intro/glossary#standard-arbtoken\">Standard Arb-Token</a> on the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#child-chain\">Child chain</a>   for each bridged token.\n</p>"},
 "stylus":{"title":"Stylus","text":"<p>\nUpgrade to the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#arbitrum-nitro\">Arbitrum Nitro</a> virtual machine that allows smart contract support for languages like Rust and C++ by taking advantage of Nitro's use of WASM. Currently on testnet (<a href=\"https://docs.arbitrum.io/stylus/stylus-gentle-introduction\">read more</a>).\n</p>"},
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-"time-boost":{"title":"Time boost","text":"<p>\nA proposed (not currently live) transaction policy in which users can pay a fee to the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#sequencer\">Sequencer</a> for a small ordering advantage. See [here](<a href=\"https://medium.com/offchainlabs/time-boost-a-new-transaction-ordering-policy-for-arbitrum-5b3066382d62\">https://medium.com/offchainlabs/time-boost-a-new-transaction-ordering-policy-for-arbitrum-5b3066382d62</a>) for more.    \n</p>"},
+"timeboost":{"title":"Timeboost","text":"<p>\nA transaction ordering policy in which entities can bid for the right to access an express lane on the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#sequencer\">Sequencer</a> for faster transaction inclusion. See the <a href=\"https://github.com/OffchainLabs/timeboost-design/tree/main\">research specification</a> to learn more. \n</p>"},
 "toadstoolz":{"title":"Toadstoolz","text":"<p>\nHidden in the Croakshire, you will find the friendly Toadstoolz. \n<br />\n\n<br />\nThe iconic Toads of Arbitrum love to hunt BUGZ \n<br />\n and collect NFTs. !CROAK\n</p>"},
 "token-gateway":{"title":"Token Gateway","text":"<p>\nA pair of contracts in the token bridge — one on the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#parent-chain\">Parent chain</a>  , one on the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#child-chain\">Child chain</a>  — that provide a particular mechanism for handling the transfer of tokens between layers. Token gateways currently active in the bridge include the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#standarderc20-gateway\">StandardERC20 gateway</a> , the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#genericcustom-gateway\">Generic-Custom Gateway</a> , and the <a href=\"/intro/glossary#weth-gateway\">WETH Gateway</a>.\n</p>"},
 "townstory-":{"title":"TownStory ","text":"<p>\nIf you see some homes along your road trip in the Arbitrum ecosystem, you've made it to TownStory.\n<br />\n\n<br />\nBuild a warm and prosperous town with friends in TownStory.\n</p>"},
 "transaction":{"title":"Transaction","text":"<p>\nA user-initiated interaction with a Blockchain. Transactions are typically signed by users via wallets and are paid for via transaction fees. \n</p>"},
+"transaction-ordering-policy":{"title":"Transaction Ordering Policy","text":"<p>\nThe rules and logic employed by a chain to order incoming transactions into a block.\n</p>"},
 "treasure-dao":{"title":"Treasure DAO","text":"<p>\nWhile exploring the Arbitrum ecosystem, you may see some shining stars.\n<br />\n\n<br />\nThe iconic stars symbolize the magic of Treasure DAO. Treasure DAO is the decentralized gaming ecosystem connecting games and players on Arbitrum.\n</p>"},
 "trustless":{"title":"Trustless","text":"<p>\nIn the context of Ethereum, trustless refers to the ability of a system to operate without reliance on a central authority or intermediary. Instead, users place their trust in math and protocols.\n<br />\n\n<br />\nThis is achieved through the use of cryptographic techniques and decentralized consensus mechanisms that let users verify the integrity of network transactions using open-source software. Trustless systems are considered to be more secure and resistant to fraud or tampering because they don't rely on a single point of failure that can be exploited by attackers.\n</p>\n\n<p>\n\n</p>\n\n"},
 "underlying-chain":{"title":"Underlying Chain","text":"<p>\nSynonymous with <a href=\"/intro/glossary#parent-chain\">Parent chain</a>.\n</p>"},