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Commitments And Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Minimum Payments Required Under Purchase Obligations | The following table represents the minimum payments required by Verisign under certain purchase obligations, leases, the .tv Agreement with the Government of Tuvalu, and the interest payments and principal on the Subordinated Convertible Debentures and the Senior Notes:
| Purchase Obligations |  | .tv Agreement |  | Senior Notes |  | Subordinated Convertible Debentures |  | Total
| (In thousands)
2016 | $ | 28,001 |  |  | $ | 5,000 |  |  | $ | 60,938 |  |  | $ | 47,170 |  |  | $ | 141,109 |
2017 | 3,950 |  |  | 5,000 |  |  | 60,938 |  |  | 40,625 |  |  | 110,513 |
2018 | 47 |  |  | 5,000 |  |  | 60,938 |  |  | 40,625 |  |  | 106,610 |
2019 | — |  |  | 5,000 |  |  | 60,938 |  |  | 40,625 |  |  | 106,563 |
2020 | — |  |  | 5,000 |  |  | 60,938 |  |  | 40,625 |  |  | 106,563 |
Thereafter | — |  |  | 5,000 |  |  | 1,472,187 |  |  | 1,925,391 |  |  | 3,402,578 |
Total | $ | 31,998 |  |  | $ | 30,000 |  |  | $ | 1,776,877 |  |  | $ | 2,135,061 |  |  | $ | 3,973,936 |

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