Merge pull request #190 from input-output-hk/nahern-patch-27

new glossary term

content/10-plutus/01-learn-about-plutus.mdx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metaTitle: Learn about Plutus
 
 Plutus is the native smart contract language for Cardano. It is a Turing-complete language written in Haskell, and Plutus smart contracts are effectively Haskell programs. By using Plutus, you can be confident in the correct execution of your smart contracts. It draws from modern language research to provide a safe, full-stack programming environment based on Haskell, the leading purely-functional programming language.
 
-The Alonzo upgrade brings exciting and highly anticipated capabilities to Cardano through the integration of Plutus scripts onto the blockchain. These now enable the implementation of smart contracts on Cardano, enabling a host of new use cases for decentralized applications (DApps) for the very first time.
+The Alonzo upgrade brings exciting and highly anticipated capabilities to Cardano through the integration of Plutus scripts onto the blockchain. These scripts now enable the implementation of smart contracts on Cardano, enabling a host of new use cases for decentralized applications (DApps) for the very first time.
 
 If you want to get started, visit the [Plutus Playground](https://playground.plutus.iohkdev.io/) to learn how to write Plutus programs and use the [tutorials](https://plutus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plutus/tutorials/index.html) and to assist you. You should also read the explainers and tutorials provided here and refer to the [Plutus explanations](https://plutus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plutus/explanations/index.html) to learn more about the Plutus language itself.
 

content/13-glossary.mdx

@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ a piece of information that can be associated with a UTXO and is used to carry s
 the process by which ada owners can participate in the network and earn rewards
 by [delegating the stake](https://docs.cardano.org/new-to-cardano/how-to-delegate) associated with their ada holdings to a stake pool.
 
+## determinism
+a measure of the predictibility of transaction processing that enables the user to forecast the impact and outcome of a transaction locally (off-chain). It provides the ability to guarantee the cost of transaction execution and how the transaction behaves on the ledger *before* it is submitted and executed on-chain. 
+
 ## DEX
 
 a decentralized exchange that facilitates peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency transactions.