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DEFERRED REVENUES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	May. 31, 2015	May. 31, 2014
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	$ 7,245	$ 7,269
Deferred revenues, non-current (in other non-current liabilities)	393	404
Deferred Revenue	7,638	7,673
Software license updates and product support [Member]
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	5,635	5,909
Hardware systems support and other [Member]
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	703	664
Services [Member]
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	379	364
Cloud SaaS, PaaS and IaaS [Member]
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	404	248
New software licenses [Member]
Deferred Revenues [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, current	$ 124	$ 84

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Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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