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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Stock-Based Compensation Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	$ 107.0	$ 89.3	$ 294.4	$ 248.2
Income tax benefit	22.3	18.1	61.2	51.0
Share-based compensation expense after income taxes	84.7	71.2	233.2	197.2
Total cost of sales
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	23.3	18.0	60.8	49.7
Total cost of sales | Cost of sales - products
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	16.2	12.4	43.0	34.8
Total cost of sales | Cost of sales - services
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	7.1	5.6	17.8	14.9
Selling, general and administrative
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	54.2	44.7	149.5	124.0
Research and development
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	$ 29.5	$ 26.6	$ 84.1	$ 74.5

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