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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Summary of Annual Rate of Depreciation on Property and Equipment | Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets at the following annual rates:
|  | %
Computers and peripheral equipment |  | 33 - 50
Office furniture and equipment |  | 10 - 20
Building |  | 4
Leasehold improvements |  | The shorter of term of the lease or the useful life of the asset
Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes In Accounting Principles | The cumulative effects of the changes made to the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2018 for the adoption of Topic 606 were as follows:
|  | Balance at December 31, 2017 |  |  | Adjustments due to Topic 606 |  |  | Balance at January 1, 2018 |
Other Assets |  | $ | 33.6 |  |  | $ | 25.5 |  |  | $ | 59.1 |
Deferred tax asset, net |  | $ | 119.4 |  |  | $ | (6.4) |  |  | $ | 113.0 |
Retained earnings |  | $ | 8,203.0 |  |  | $ | 19.1 |  |  | $ | 8,222.1 |
Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Estimate the Fair Value of Employee Stock Purchase Plans | The fair value of options granted and Employee Stock Purchase Plan in 2019, 2018 and 2017 is estimated at the date of grant using the following weighted average assumptions:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
Employee Stock Options |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Expected volatility |  |  | 20.78% |  |  |  | 21.98% |  |  |  | 22.20% |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 1.98% |  |  |  | 2.67% |  |  |  | 1.71% |
Dividend yield |  |  | 0.0% |  |  |  | 0.0% |  |  |  | 0.0% |
Expected term (years) |  |  | 4.11 |  |  |  | 5.13 |  |  |  | 4.76 |
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected volatility |  |  | 18.59% |  |  |  | 22.88% |  |  |  | 18.21% |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 0.8% |  |  |  | 1.07% |  |  |  | 0.50% |
Dividend yield |  |  | 0.0% |  |  |  | 0.0% |  |  |  | 0.0% |
Expected term (years) |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 0.5 |
Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following table shows the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes, for the year ended December 31, 2019:
|  | Year ended December 31, 2019
|  | Unrealized gains (losses) on debt securities |  | Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges |  | Total |
Beginning balance |  | $ | (24.1 | ) |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | (24.5 | )
Other comprehensive gain before reclassifications |  |  | 45.8 |  |  |  | 2.2 |  |  |  | 48.0 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income |  |  | *(0.6 | ) |  |  | **(1.2 | ) |  |  | (1.8 | )
Net current-period other comprehensive gain |  |  | 45.2 |  |  |  | 1.0 |  |  |  | 46.2 |
Ending balance |  | $ | 21.1 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 21.7 |
| *) | The reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income during the year ended December 31, 2019 for realized losses on marketable securities are included within financial income, net.
| **) | The reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income during the year ended December 31, 2019 for realized gains on cash flow hedges are included mostly within research and development expenses as well as other operating expenses.

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