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Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 25, 2015
Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Components Of AOCI, Net Of Tax | The components of AOCI, net of tax, and the other comprehensive income (loss), excluding noncontrolling interest, for the nine months ended April 25, 2015 and April 26, 2014 are summarized as follows (in millions):
| Net Unrealized Gains on Investments |  | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment and Actuarial Gains (Losses) |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
BALANCE AT JULY 26, 2014 | $ | 424 |  |  | $ | (12 | ) |  | $ | 265 |  |  | $ | 677 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications attributable to Cisco Systems, Inc. | 111 |  |  | (163 | ) |  | (473 | ) |  | (525 | )
(Gains) losses reclassified out of AOCI | (120 | ) |  | 94 |  |  | — |  |  | (26 | )
Tax benefit (expense) | 8 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 61 |
BALANCE AT APRIL 25, 2015 | $ | 423 |  |  | $ | (78 | ) |  | $ | (158 | ) |  | $ | 187 |
| Net Unrealized Gains on Investments |  | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment and Actuarial Gains (Losses) |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
BALANCE AT JULY 27, 2013 | $ | 379 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 221 |  |  | $ | 608 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications attributable to Cisco Systems, Inc. | 339 |  |  | 46 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 417 |
(Gains) losses reclassified out of AOCI | (234 | ) |  | (44 | ) |  | — |  |  | (278 | )
Tax benefit (expense) | (43 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (50 | )
BALANCE AT APRIL 26, 2014 | $ | 441 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 248 |  |  | $ | 697 |
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | The net gains (losses) reclassified out of other comprehensive income into the Consolidated Statements of Operations, with line item location, during each period were as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |  |
|  | April 25, 2015 |  | April 26, 2014 |  | April 25, 2015 |  | April 26, 2014 |  |
Comprehensive Income Components |  | Income Before Taxes |  | Income Before Taxes |  | Line Item in Statements of Operations
Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 69 |  |  | $ | 120 |  |  | $ | 234 |  |  | Other income (loss), net
Net unrealized gains and (losses) on cash flow hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | (50 | ) |  | 13 |  |  | (74 | ) |  | 36 |  |  | Operating expenses
Foreign currency derivatives |  | (14 | ) |  | 3 |  |  | (20 | ) |  | 8 |  |  | Cost of sales—service
|  | (64 | ) |  | 16 |  |  | (94 | ) |  | 44 |  |  |
Total amounts reclassified out of AOCI |  | $ | (20 | ) |  | $ | 85 |  |  | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | 278 |  |  |

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