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Borrowings (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 28, 2012
Schedule Of Short-Term Debt | The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term debt (in millions, except percentages):
|  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |
|  | Amount |  |  | Weighted-Average Interest Rate |  |  | Amount |  |  | Weighted-Average Interest Rate |
Commercial paper |  | $ | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 500 |  |  |  | 0.14 | %
Other notes and borrowings |  |  | 31 |  |  |  | 6.72 | % |  |  | 88 |  |  |  | 4.59 | %
Total short-term debt |  | $ | 31 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 588 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule Of Long-Term Debt | The following table summarizes the Company’s long-term debt (in millions, except percentages):
|  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |
|  | Amount |  |  | Effective Rate |  |  | Amount |  |  | Effective Rate |
Senior Notes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Floating-rate notes, due 2014 |  | $ | 1,250 |  |  |  | 0.81 | % |  | $ | 1,250 |  |  |  | 0.60 | %
1.625% fixed-rate notes, due 2014 |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 0.84 | % |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 0.58 | %
2.90% fixed-rate notes, due 2014 |  |  | 500 |  |  |  | 3.11 | % |  |  | 500 |  |  |  | 3.11 | %
5.50% fixed-rate notes, due 2016 |  |  | 3,000 |  |  |  | 3.16 | % |  |  | 3,000 |  |  |  | 3.06 | %
3.15% fixed-rate notes, due 2017 |  |  | 750 |  |  |  | 1.03 | % |  |  | 750 |  |  |  | 0.81 | %
4.95% fixed-rate notes, due 2019 |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 5.08 | % |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 5.08 | %
4.45% fixed-rate notes, due 2020 |  |  | 2,500 |  |  |  | 4.50 | % |  |  | 2,500 |  |  |  | 4.50 | %
5.90% fixed-rate notes, due 2039 |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 6.11 | % |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 6.11 | %
5.50% fixed-rate notes, due 2040 |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 5.67 | % |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 5.67 | %
Total |  |  | 16,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16,000 |  |  |  |  |
Other long-term debt |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 0.19 | % |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Unaccreted discount |  |  | (70 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (73 | ) |  |  |  |
Hedge accounting fair value adjustments |  |  | 357 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 307 |  |  |  |  |
Total long-term debt |  | $ | 16,297 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 16,234 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule Of Future Principal Payments For Long-Term Debt | Future principal payments for long-term debt as of July 28, 2012 are summarized as follows (in millions):
Fiscal Year |  | Amount |
2013 |  | $ | — |
2014 |  |  | 3,260 |
2015 |  |  | 500 |
2016 |  |  | 3,000 |
2017 |  |  | 750 |
Thereafter |  |  | 8,500 |
Total |  | $ | 16,010 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of short-term debt arrangements (having initial terms of repayment within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer) including: (1) description of the short-term debt arrangement; (2) identification of the lender or type of lender; (3) repayment terms; (4) weighted average interest rate; (5) carrying amount of funds borrowed under the specified short-term debt arrangement as of the balance sheet date; (6) description of the refinancing of a short-term obligation when that obligation is excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet; and (7) amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19 -Article 5 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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