From 3c56156dfaaf17158c5eafbc5877080a83607a06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nickfrosty <nfrostbutter@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 23:05:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs: added messages definition

---
 docs/.vscode/settings.json         | 4 ++++
 docs/src/developing/intro/block.md | 5 +++++
 docs/src/terminology.md            | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/.vscode/settings.json
 create mode 100644 docs/src/developing/intro/block.md

diff --git a/docs/.vscode/settings.json b/docs/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..eef938f4df3884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "spellright.language": ["en-US-9-0.", "en_US"],
+  "spellright.documentTypes": ["markdown", "latex", "plaintext", "javascript"]
+}
diff --git a/docs/src/developing/intro/block.md b/docs/src/developing/intro/block.md
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index 00000000000000..91065997e79e4a
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+++ b/docs/src/developing/intro/block.md
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+---
+title: What is a block?
+description: ""
+keywords: ""
+---
diff --git a/docs/src/terminology.md b/docs/src/terminology.md
index 73ad30aa45c66d..2490d3357e2f74 100644
--- a/docs/src/terminology.md
+++ b/docs/src/terminology.md
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ A [program](#program) with the ability to interpret the binary encoding of other
 
 The duration of time for which a [validator](#validator) is unable to [vote](#ledger-vote) on another [fork](#fork).
 
+## message
+
+The structured contents of a [transaction](#transaction). Generally containing a header, array of account addresses, recent [blockhash](#blockhash), and an array of [instructions](#instruction).
+
+Learn more about the [message formatting](./developing/programming-model/transactions.md#message-format) inside of transactions here.
+
 ## native token
 
 The [token](#token) used to track work done by [nodes](#node) in a cluster.