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Accelerated Share Repurchase Activity and Related Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 5 Months Ended | 7 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2015 | Mar. 26, 2016 | Feb. 28, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
November 2015 ASR |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchase Period End Date |  |  | 2016-04 |  |
Number of Shares | [1] |  | 20,382 |  |
Average Repurchase Price Per Share | [1] |  |  |  |
ASR Amount |  |  | $ 3,000,000,000 |  |
May 2015 ASR |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchase Period End Date |  | 2015-07 |  |  |
Number of Shares |  | 48,293 |  |  |
Average Repurchase Price Per Share |  | $ 124.24 |  |  |
ASR Amount |  | $ 6,000,000,000 |  |  |
August 2014 ASR |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchase Period End Date |  |  |  | 2015-02 |
Number of Shares |  |  |  | 81,525 |
Average Repurchase Price Per Share |  |  |  | $ 110.40 |
ASR Amount |  |  |  | $ 9,000,000,000 |
January 2014 ASR |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchase Period End Date |  |  |  |  | 2014-12
Number of Shares |  |  |  |  | 134,247
Average Repurchase Price Per Share |  |  |  |  | $ 89.39
ASR Amount |  |  |  |  | $ 12,000,000,000
[1] | "Number of Shares" represents those shares delivered in the beginning of the purchase period and does not represent the final number of shares to be delivered under the ASR. The total number of shares ultimately delivered, and therefore the average repurchase price paid per share, will be determined at the end of the applicable purchase period based on the volume-weighted average price of the Company's common stock during that period. The November 2015 ASR purchase period will end in or before April 2016.

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