Represents the minimum stated maturity period.

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The amounts of cash and cash equivalent items which are restricted as to withdrawal or usage, which represents the tenant's security deposits restricted due to the tenancy agreement.

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Threshold percentage which the entity uses for disclosure.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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THE COMPANY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Short-term investments
Minimum stated maturity period	1 year
Restricted cash and deposits
Tenant's security deposits	0.7	1.9
Security deposits in banks	2.6	2.6
Number of banks under foreign exchange management agreement	2
Interest rate on restricted deposits (as a percent)	1.50%
Revenues \| Consolidated revenue \| Hewlett-Packard
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage of consolidated revenue by major customer	20.00%	19.00%	15.00%
Revenues \| Consolidated revenue \| IBM
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage of consolidated revenue by major customer	19.00%	17.00%	10.00%
Revenues \| Consolidated revenue \| IBM \| Maximum
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage of consolidated revenue by major customer			10.00%
Revenues \| Consolidated revenue \| Dell
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage of consolidated revenue by major customer	10.00%	10.00%	12.00%
Revenues \| Consolidated revenue \| Dell \| Maximum
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage of consolidated revenue by major customer	10.00%	10.00%
Accounts receivable \| Consolidated revenue \| Hewlett-Packard
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage required for qualification as major customer		17.00%
Accounts receivable \| Consolidated revenue \| Hewlett-Packard \| Maximum
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage required for qualification as major customer	10.00%
Accounts receivable \| Consolidated revenue \| IBM
Concentration of credit risk
Percentage required for qualification as major customer	21.00%	18.00%