> ## Documentation Index
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# Validators

> Glossary of terms found under /validators

<ParamField path="avgComputeUnits" type="decimal">
  The average compute units in a block. Compute units are the measure of computational resources used by transactions.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="avgMevRewards" type="decimal">
  The average amount of MEV tips in blocks produced by a validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="avgRewards" type="decimal">
  The average amount of rewards in blocks produced by a validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="avgTransactions" type="decimal">
  The average number of transactions in a block.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="blockRewards" type="number">
  The rewards a validator got from producing blocks. Comprised of the base fees and priority fees.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="city" type="string">
  The geographical city where this validator's node is located.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="client" type="string">
  The Solana client that this validator is running.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="country" type="string">
  The geographical country where this validator's node is located.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="delegatorApy" type="number">
  The annual percentage yield earned by delegators that have delegated to this validator. For more information see [here](https://docs.rated.network/methodologies/solana/annual-percentage-yield-apy).
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="effectiveness" type="number">
  The validator effectiveness over the requested time period that applies to said validator. For more information, see [here](https://docs.rated.network/methodologies/solana/solana-validator-effectiveness-rating).
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="hostingProvider" type="string">
  The hosting provider/data service provider used by this validator for its infrastructure.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="latency" type="number">
  See [voteLatency](/rated-api/glossary/solana/validators#votelatency)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="mevClaimed" type="number">
  The MEV rewards claimed by a validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="mevCommissionRate" type="number">
  The commission rate being charged by this validator to its delegators for any MEV rewards it collects under the Jito ecosystem.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="mevTips" type="number">
  The tips/fees paid to a validator for including MEV-related transactions in the blocks they produced.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="name" type="string">
  See [validatorName](/rated-api/glossary/solana/validators#validatorname)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="networkPenetration" type="number">
  The percentage of overall network stake the particular validator is associated with.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="pctFailedTransactions" type="decimal">
  The percent of total transactions in a block that have failed or have an error.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="pctHighValueTransactions" type="decimal">
  The percent of total transactions in a block that is above 5000 lamports (0.000005 SOL)  in fees.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="proposedSlots" type="number">
  The number of blocks produced/proposed by this validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="rentRewards" type="number">
  The rent paid to the validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="skippedSlots" type="number">
  The number of slots that this validator did not produce a block for when they were the designated slot leader/block producer.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="sumLatency" type="number">
  The sum of all the voting latency by this validator, measured in slots.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="totalStake" type="number">
  The total stake delegated to this validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="totalVotes" type="number">
  The total number of votes made by this validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="uptime" type="number">
  The number of votes made by this validator over the number of blocks produced by the network
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="validatorApy" type="number">
  The annual percentage yield that this validator gets based on the rewards it has received.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="validatorIdentity" type="string">
  This is the account that is used to pay for all vote transaction fees by the validator. This is also the public key that is used to identify a validator node in Solana's gossip network.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="validatorName" type="string">
  The entity name of the validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="voteAccount" type="string">
  The account required to operate a validator. This account is the best way to identify a validator as it cannot be changed.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="voteCommissionRate" type="number">
  The commission rate that this validator charges its delegators for voting rewards.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="voteLatency" type="number">
  The voting latency (i.e. distance between the slot they are voting for and the slot where their vote was included) of this validator, measured in slots.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="voteOnlySlots" type="number">
  The number of blocks produced by this validator that contained only vote transactions.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="voteRewards" type="number">
  The rewards a validator got from voting for valid blocks (i.e. correct fork) of the network.
</ParamField>