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Business Combinations - Allocation of Purchase Price to Identifiable Tangible and Acquisition of Intangible Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - Enterprise Business $ in Millions | Oct. 27, 2014 USD ($)
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Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Intangible Assets, Amount | $ 994
Customer relationships |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Intangible Assets, Amount | $ 450
Intangible Assets weighted average amortization period | 7 years
Unpatented technology |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Intangible Assets, Amount | $ 270
Intangible Assets weighted average amortization period | 3 years 10 months 24 days
Patented technology |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Intangible Assets, Amount | $ 215
Intangible Assets weighted average amortization period | 3 years 6 months
Trade names |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Intangible Assets, Amount | $ 40
Intangible Assets weighted average amortization period | 2 years
Backlog |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Intangible Assets, Amount | $ 19
Intangible Assets weighted average amortization period | 1 year

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