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Balance Sheet Components Deferred Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]
Deferred revenues - current	$ 1,212,067	$ 1,152,870
Deferred revenues - long-term	$ 146,998	$ 136,684

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Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

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Amount of deferred income and obligation to transfer product and service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable, classified as current.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Amount of deferred income and obligation to transfer product and service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable, classified as noncurrent.

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