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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Advertising Costs | Advertising costs for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, are reflected in the following table (in thousands):
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Advertising Costs |  | $ | 47,312 |  |  | $ | 44,015 |  |  | $ | 42,335 |
Depreciation Expense Computed Using Straight-Line Method over Useful Lives | Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line method over the following useful lives:
Computer hardware | 2 to 3 years
Computer software | 2 to 5 years
Furniture and equipment | 5 years
Leasehold improvements | Term of lease, 5 years maximum
Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Computer hardware |  | $ | 170,746 |  |  | $ | 162,346 |
Computer software |  | 374,490 |  |  | 339,634 |
Furniture and equipment |  | 100,472 |  |  | 96,536 |
Leasehold improvements |  | 133,541 |  |  | 118,491 |
Other |  | 9,993 |  |  | 9,560 |
Property and equipment, cost |  | 789,242 |  |  | 726,567 |
Accumulated depreciation |  | (627,733 | ) |  | (583,661 | )
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 161,509 |  |  | $ | 142,906 |
Internal-Use Software Development Costs Capitalized | Internal-use software development costs capitalized for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, are reflected in the following table (in thousands):
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Internal-use software development costs |  | $ | 33,753 |  |  | $ | 31,964 |  |  | $ | 24,367 |

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