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Deferred Revenues (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 784,013us-gaap_DeferredRevenue	$ 671,623us-gaap_DeferredRevenue
Subscriptions
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	227,610us-gaap_DeferredRevenue / us-gaap_DeferredRevenueArrangementTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubscriptionArrangementMember	160,163us-gaap_DeferredRevenue / us-gaap_DeferredRevenueArrangementTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubscriptionArrangementMember
Software updates and maintenance
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	546,998us-gaap_DeferredRevenue / us-gaap_DeferredRevenueArrangementTypeAxis = us-gaap_SoftwareServiceSupportAndMaintenanceArrangementMember	504,919us-gaap_DeferredRevenue / us-gaap_DeferredRevenueArrangementTypeAxis = us-gaap_SoftwareServiceSupportAndMaintenanceArrangementMember
Other
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]
Deferred revenue	$ 9,405us-gaap_DeferredRevenue / us-gaap_DeferredRevenueArrangementTypeAxis = chkp_OtherArrangementMember	$ 6,541us-gaap_DeferredRevenue / us-gaap_DeferredRevenueArrangementTypeAxis = chkp_OtherArrangementMember

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- Definition

Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)

-Number Topic 13

-Section A



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 605

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 13.A.4(a).Q1 Response)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012821&loc=d3e214044-122780

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