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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Stock-Based Compensation Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	$ 110.1	$ 96.4	$ 214.3	$ 187.6
Income tax benefit	22.5	20.0	43.1	38.9
Share-based compensation expense after income taxes	87.6	76.4	171.2	148.7
Total cost of sales
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	21.8	19.4	42.8	37.7
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	16.6	14.2	31.9	27.0
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	5.2	5.2	10.9	10.7
Selling, general and administrative
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	55.7	49.6	108.8	95.3
Research and development
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	$ 32.6	$ 27.4	$ 62.7	$ 54.6

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