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Portion of total expense recognized during the period in the consolidated statement of operations for the remaining unamortized stock based compensation expense associated with the unvested portion of the options tendered in the cash tender offer for certain employee stock options in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible options.

No definition available.

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Represents the expense allocated to cost of revenue for a tender offer to purchase outstanding stock options.

No definition available.

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Represents the expense allocated to research and development expenses for a tender offer to purchase outstanding stock options.

No definition available.

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Represents the expense allocated to sales, general and administrative expenses for a tender offer to purchase outstanding stock options.

No definition available.

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Cash payment per option under cash tender offer for certain outstanding employee stock options held by employees in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible option. Eligible options with exercise prices equal to or greater than $17.50 per share but less than $28.00 per share were eligible for this payment option.

No definition available.

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Cash payment per option under cash tender offer for certain outstanding employee stock options held by employees in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible option. Eligible options with exercise prices equal to or greater than $28.00 per share were eligible for this payment option.

No definition available.

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The exercise price, which is between the minimum and maximum exercise prices, for cash tender offer for certain eligible outstanding employee stock options held by employees to receive cash in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible option.

No definition available.

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Minimum exercise price for cash tender offer for certain eligible outstanding employee stock options held by employees to receive cash in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible option.

No definition available.

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Payments related to stock option purchase.

No definition available.

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Share based compensation resulting from cash payments made in excess of fair value of stock options tendered during the offer.

No definition available.

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Represents the total expense for a tender offer to purchase outstanding stock options.

No definition available.

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The addition or reduction in the number of reserved shares that could potentially be issued under the option plan attributable to reasons other than grants, exercises, forfeitures, and expirations during the reporting period.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 123R

-Paragraph A240

-Subparagraph b(1)

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901