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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Non-vested Award Activity Disclosure) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]
Non-vested beginning (in shares)	1,422
Keysight converted at October 31, 2014 (in shares)	2,552
Granted (in shares)	1,725
Vested (in shares)	(1,052)
Forfeited (in shares)	(39)
Change in LTP Program shares vested in the year due to performance conditions (in shares)	(66)
Non-vested ending (in shares)	3,120	1,422
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Additional Disclosures [Abstract]
Non-vested beginning - Weighted Average Grant Price (in dollars per share)	$ 44
Keysight converted at October 31, 2014 - Weighted Average Grant Price (in dollars per share)	25
Granted - Weighted Average Grant Price (in dollars per share)	33
Vested - Weighted Average Grant Price (in dollars per share)	25
Forfeited - Weighted Average Grant Price (in dollars per share)	29
Change in LTP Program shares vested in the year due to performance conditions - Weighted Average Grant Price (in dollars per share)	28
Non-vested ending - Weighted Average Grant Price (in dollars per share)	$ 29	$ 44
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Volume-weighted average trading price of Keysight Shares over the first two trading sessions immediately after the Distribution Date (in dollars per share)		$ 30.80
Total fair value of restricted stock awards vested	$ 36	$ 29	$ 12
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized share-based compensation costs for non-vested restricted stock awards, net of expected forfeitures	$ 33
Compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition	2 years 2 months 12 days
Agilent [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share price (in dollars per share)		$ 55.28

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The weighted average fair value of incremental issuance associated with FY2007 LTPP nonvested awards on share-based plans excluding option plans (for example, phantom stock plan, stock appreciation rights plan, revenue or profit achievement stock award plan) for which the employer is contingently obligated to issue equity instruments or transfer assets to an employee.

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