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NET INCOME PER SHARE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share Reconciliation Disclosure | The following is a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted net income per share computations for the periods presented below.
| Year Ended October 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in millions)
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 513 |  |  | $ | 392 |  |  | $ | 457 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |
Basic weighted-average shares(a) | 169 |  |  | 167 |  |  | 167 |
Potential common shares— stock options and other employee stock plans | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Diluted weighted-average shares(a) | 171 |  |  | 167 |  |  | 167 |
(a) On November 1, 2014, Agilent Technologies, Inc. distributed 167 million shares of Keysight common stock to existing holders of Agilent common stock. Basic and diluted net income per share for the year ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 is calculated using the shares distributed on November 1, 2014.

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- Definition Disclosure of the methodology and assumptions used in the reconciliation of earnings per share, which may include the individual income and share amount effects of all securities that affect earnings per share, the effect that has been given to preferred dividends in arriving at income available to common stockholders in computing basic earnings per share, securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic EPS in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive for the period(s) presented and a description of any transaction that occurs after the end of the most recent period but before issuance of the financial statements that would have changed materially the number of common shares or potential common shares outstanding at the end of the period if the transaction had occurred before the end of the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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