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Cray Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 2/12/19, at 4:13pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  949158-19-10   ·   File #:  0-26820

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 2/12/19  Cray Inc                          10-K       12/31/18  111:12M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.09M 
 2: EX-10.24    Material Contract                                   HTML     35K 
 3: EX-10.25    Material Contract                                   HTML     64K 
 4: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     33K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     30K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     56K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    119K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     45K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     93K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     52K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders? Equity     HTML     81K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    161K 
22: R8          Description of Business                             HTML     32K 
23: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    171K 
24: R10         Strategic Transaction                               HTML     94K 
25: R11         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    128K 
26: R12         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML     80K 
27: R13         Investments                                         HTML     38K 
28: R14         Accounts and Other Receivables, Net                 HTML     53K 
29: R15         Sales-Type Lease                                    HTML     49K 
30: R16         Inventory                                           HTML     44K 
31: R17         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     48K 
32: R18         Contract Liabilities                                HTML     45K 
33: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     53K 
34: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    168K 
35: R21         Credit Faciliites                                   HTML     35K 
36: R22         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML    256K 
37: R23         Benefit Plans                                       HTML     34K 
38: R24         Segment Information                                 HTML    110K 
39: R25         Research and Development                            HTML     45K 
40: R26         Interest Income (Expense)                           HTML     42K 
41: R27         Restructuring                                       HTML     33K 
42: R28         Quarterly Data (Unaudited)                          HTML     96K 
43: R29         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     54K 
44: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML    245K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)                    
45: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML    118K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)                      
46: R32         Strategic Transaction (Tables)                      HTML     91K 
47: R33         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    124K 
48: R34         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Accumulated  HTML     92K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                              
49: R35         Investments Investments (Tables)                    HTML     39K 
50: R36         Accounts and Other Receivables, Net Accounts and    HTML     47K 
                Other Receivables, Net (Tables)                                  
51: R37         Sales-Type Lease Sales-Type Lease (Tables)          HTML     50K 
52: R38         Inventory Inventory (Tables)                        HTML     42K 
53: R39         Property and Equipment, Net Property and            HTML     47K 
                Equipment, Net (Tables)                                          
54: R40         Contract Liabilities Contract Liabilities (Tables)  HTML     43K 
55: R41         Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and       HTML     45K 
                Contingencies (Tables)                                           
56: R42         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)                  HTML    159K 
57: R43         Shareholders' Equity Shareholders' Equity (Tables)  HTML    248K 
58: R44         Segment Information Segment Information (Tables)    HTML    106K 
59: R45         Research and Development Research and Development   HTML     45K 
                (Tables)                                                         
60: R46         Interest Income (Expense) (Tables)                  HTML     41K 
61: R47         Quarterly Data (Unaudited) (Tables)                 HTML     96K 
62: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Cash,    HTML     41K 
                Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash (Details)                   
63: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     44K 
                Property and Equipment and Intangible Assets                     
                (Details)                                                        
64: R50         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Service  HTML     30K 
                Spares (Details)                                                 
65: R51         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     47K 
                Schedule of Contract Receivables, Assets and                     
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
66: R52         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Revenue  HTML     54K 
                Recognition (Details)                                            
67: R53         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     63K 
                Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                  
68: R54         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     34K 
                Sales-type leases (Details)                                      
69: R55         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Foreign  HTML     34K 
                Currency Translation and Transaction (Details)                   
70: R56         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                Advertising Costs (Details)                                      
71: R57         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies EPS      HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R58         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                    
                (Details)                                                        
73: R59         Strategic Transaction - Narrative (Details)         HTML     50K 
74: R60         Strategic Transaction - Schedule of Assets          HTML     70K 
                Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details)                       
75: R61         Strategic Transaction Strategic Transaction -       HTML     44K 
                Schedule of Intangible Assets (Details)                          
76: R62         Strategic Transaction - Schedule of Major           HTML     47K 
                Componets of Intangible Assets (Details)                         
77: R63         Strategic Transaction - Schedule of Amortization    HTML     45K 
                of Intangible Assets (Details)                                   
78: R64         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurement      HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R65         Fair Value Measurements Derivative Instruments and  HTML    105K 
                Hedging Activities Disclosure (Details)                          
80: R66         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Accumulated  HTML     59K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                             
81: R67         Investments Investments (Details)                   HTML     36K 
82: R68         Accounts and Other Receivables, Net Accounts and    HTML     58K 
                Other Receivables, Net (Details)                                 
83: R69         Sales-Type Lease Sales-Type Lease (Details)         HTML     54K 
84: R70         Inventory Inventory (Details)                       HTML     52K 
85: R71         Property and Equipment, Net Property and            HTML     53K 
                Equipment, Net (Details)                                         
86: R72         Contract Liabilities Contract Liabilities           HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R73         Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and       HTML     87K 
                Contingencies (Details)                                          
88: R74         Commitments and Contingencies Loss Contingencies    HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R75         Income Taxes Narrative (Details)                    HTML     79K 
90: R76         Income Taxes Tax Provision (Details)                HTML     58K 
91: R77         Income Taxes Reconciliation of Statutory Federal    HTML     67K 
                Tax Rate (Details)                                               
92: R78         Income Taxes Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities    HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R79         Income Taxes Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)    HTML     42K 
94: R80         Credit Facilities Credit Facilities (Details)       HTML     55K 
95: R81         Shareholders' Equity Narrative (Details)            HTML     40K 
96: R82         Shareholders' Equity Assumptions (Details)          HTML     54K 
97: R83         Shareholders' Equity Option Activity (Details)      HTML    123K 
98: R84         Shareholders' Equity Restricted Stock (Details)     HTML    113K 
99: R85         Shareholders' Equity Expense (Details)              HTML     56K 
100: R86         Benefit Plans (Details)                             HTML     42K  
101: R87         Segment Information Business Segment (Details)      HTML     55K  
102: R88         Segment Information Geographic Segment (Details)    HTML     42K  
103: R89         Segment Information Narrative (Details)             HTML     58K  
104: R90         Research and Development Research and Development   HTML     41K  
                (Details)                                                        
105: R91         Interest Income (Expense) (Details)                 HTML     36K  
106: R92         Restructuring - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     37K  
107: R93         Quarterly Data (Unaudited) (Details)                HTML     64K  
108: R94         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     39K  
                (Details)                                                        
110: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    196K  
109: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    132K  
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11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cray-20181231_cal               XML    334K 
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13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cray-20181231_lab                     XML   2.18M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cray-20181231_pre              XML   1.28M 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cray-20181231                         XSD    190K 
111: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000949158-19-000010-xbrl      Zip    329K  


‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — cray-20181231_def


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