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Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 27, 2019
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 first nine months of fiscal 2019 and 2018 are summarized as follows (in millions):
| Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Investments |  | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment and Actuarial Gains (Losses) |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
BALANCE AT JULY 28, 2018 | $ | (310 | ) |  | $ | (11 | ) |  | $ | (528 | ) |  | $ | (849 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications attributable to Cisco Systems, Inc. | 382 |  |  | 3 |  |  | (224 | ) |  | 161 |
(Gains) losses reclassified out of AOCI | 18 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 4 |  |  | 21 |
Tax benefit (expense) | (59 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (61 | )
Total change for the period | 341 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (222 | ) |  | 121 |
Effect of adoption of accounting standards | (168 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (168 | )
BALANCE AT APRIL 27, 2019 | $ | (137 | ) |  | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | (750 | ) |  | $ | (896 | )
| Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Investments |  | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment and Actuarial Gains (Losses) |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
BALANCE AT JULY 29, 2017 | $ | 373 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | (359 | ) |  | $ | 46 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications attributable to Cisco Systems, Inc. | (620 | ) |  | 28 |  |  | 34 |  |  | (558 | )
(Gains) losses reclassified out of AOCI | (108 | ) |  | (59 | ) |  | 5 |  |  | (162 | )
Tax benefit (expense) | 24 |  |  | 4 |  |  | (3 | ) |  | 25 |
Total change for the period | (704 | ) |  | (27 | ) |  | 36 |  |  | (695 | )
Effect of adoption of accounting standard | 54 |  |  | — |  |  | (9 | ) |  | 45 |
BALANCE AT APRIL 28, 2018 | $ | (277 | ) |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | (332 | ) |  | $ | (604 | )
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | The net gains (losses) reclassified out of AOCI 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 27, 2019 |  | April 28, 2018 |  | April 27, 2019 |  | April 28, 2018 |  |
Comprehensive Income Components |  | Income Before Taxes |  | Income Before Taxes |  | Line Item in Statements of Operations
Net unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | (18 | ) |  | $ | 108 |  |  | Other income (loss), net
Net unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Revenue—product
Foreign currency derivatives |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | Revenue—service
Foreign currency derivatives |  | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | Cost of sales—service
Foreign currency derivatives |  | — |  |  | 21 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 45 |  |  | Operating expenses
|  | — |  |  | 28 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 59 |  |  |
Cumulative translation adjustment and actuarial gains and losses |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | Operating expenses
Cumulative translation adjustment and actuarial gains and losses |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | Other income (loss), net
Total amounts reclassified out of AOCI |  | $ | (8 | ) |  | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | (21 | ) |  | $ | 162 |  |  |

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