Note 7 - Current Liabilities - Summary of Advance Billings and Customer Deposits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Advance billings	$ 3,489	$ 3,730
Customer deposits	31	31
Total advance billings and customer deposits	$ 3,520	$ 3,761

The current portion of money or property received from customers which is either to be returned upon satisfactory contract completion or applied to customer receivables in accordance with the terms of the contract or the understandings.

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