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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Continued (Details) | 12 Months Ended |
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May 31, 2019 Tranche ExecutiveOfficer shares | May 31, 2018 shares | May 31, 2017 shares | May 31, 2014 shares | May 31, 2013 shares | May 31, 2011 shares | May 31, 2016 shares
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding | 222,000,000 |  | 304,000,000 |  | 312,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 375,000,000
Options outstanding vested | 146,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards outstanding | 99,000,000 |  | 89,000,000 |  | 83,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 52,000,000
Stock options outstanding | 34,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards granted (in shares) | 53,000,000 |  | 44,000,000 |  | 42,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards vested (in shares) | 31,000,000 |  | 27,000,000 |  | 18,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Stock options granted | 7,000,000 | [1] | 77,000,000 | [2] | 18,000,000 | [2] |  |  |  |
Performance-based restricted stock awards [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards outstanding | 1,300,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards granted (in shares) | 0 |  | 0 |  | 1,700,000 |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards vested (in shares) | 2,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum percentage for performance metric | 0.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum percentage that can exceed target performance metric | 150.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Performance-based stock options [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expiration period | 8 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of vesting tranches granted that potentially may vest | Tranche | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of tranches vests on attainment of market-based metric | Tranche | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of vesting tranches require attainment of both a performance and a market condition | Tranche | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Award performance period | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Award service period for performance-based metrics, maximum | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Award service period for market-based metric | 3 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Performance-based stock options [Member] | Executive Officers [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PSOs granted to number of executive officers | ExecutiveOfficer | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service-based stock options [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expiration period | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Executive Officers [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expiration period | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options granted |  |  |  |  | 6,750,000 |  |  |  |  |
Chief Executive Officers, Chief Technology Officer and President, Product Development [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options granted |  |  | 66,500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2000 Plan [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase in number of authorized shares of stock that may be issued |  |  | 330,000,000 |  |  |  | 305,000,000 |  | 388,313,015 |
Vesting percentage | 25.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vesting period | 4 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expiration period | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding | 164,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding vested | 143,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares of common stock available for future awards | 301,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2000 Plan [Member] | Restricted Stock Units [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards outstanding | 93,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equivalent number of shares deducted against share pool (in actual number of shares) | 2.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2000 Plan [Member] | Performance-based restricted stock awards [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards outstanding | 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2000 Plan [Member] | Employee Stock Options [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options outstanding | 55,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Directors' Plan [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase in number of authorized shares of stock that may be issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,000,000 |  |
Vesting period | 4 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expiration period | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding | 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares of common stock available for future awards | 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Directors' Plan [Member] | Restricted Stock Units [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards outstanding | 90,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired plans [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding | 2,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired plans [Member] | Restricted Stock Units [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards outstanding | 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
[1] | Awards granted in fiscal 2018 included 66.5 million PSOs granted in total to our Chief Executive Officers, Chief Technology Officer, and former President, Product Development, the contractual terms of which are described in greater detail above.
[2] | 6.75 million SOs were granted in total during fiscal 2017 to our Chief Executive Officers and Chief Technology Officer and have contractual lives of five years versus the ten-year contractual lives for most of the other SOs granted.

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