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Deferred Revenue and Customer Advances (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Deferred Revenue Arrangement |  |  |  |
Maintenance and training | $ 57,256 | $ 46,803 |  |
Customer advances, undelivered elements and other | 32,047 | 32,938 |  |
Extended warranty | 24,438 | 28,200 | $ 30,024 | $ 34,197
Total deferred revenue and customer advances | $ 113,741 | $ 107,941 |  |

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- Definition Amount as of the balance sheet date of the aggregate extended product warranty liability. Does not include the ending balance for the standard product warranty liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -Subparagraph (c)(1),(c)(5) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68068213&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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