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Revenue Recognition (General Narrative) (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021
Minimum
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Payment term	30 days
Maximum
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Payment term	60 days

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Revenue, Performance Obligation, Payment Term

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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