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Goodwill and Purchased and Other Intangibles (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 01, 2017 | Dec. 02, 2016
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Cost | $ 1,006,950 | $ 893,701 |
Accumulated Amortization | (586,283) | (479,296) |
Net | 420,667 | 414,405 | [1]
Purchased technology [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Cost | 240,901 | 149,253 |
Accumulated Amortization | (119,042) | (82,091) |
Net | 121,859 | 67,162 |
Total other intangible assets [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Cost | 766,049 | 744,448 |
Accumulated Amortization | (467,241) | (397,205) |
Net | 298,808 | 347,243 |
Customer contracts and relationships [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Cost | 577,887 | 541,366 |
Accumulated Amortization | (337,748) | (274,380) |
Net | 240,139 | 266,986 |
Trademarks [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Cost | 76,255 | 76,355 |
Accumulated Amortization | (54,088) | (46,846) |
Net | 22,167 | 29,509 |
Acquired rights to use technology [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Cost | 72,167 | 87,403 |
Accumulated Amortization | (52,931) | (60,929) |
Net | 19,236 | 26,474 |
Localization [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Cost | 1,047 | 631 |
Accumulated Amortization | (586) | (177) |
Net | 461 | 454 |
Other intangibles [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Cost | 38,693 | 38,693 |
Accumulated Amortization | (21,888) | (14,873) |
Net | $ 16,805 | $ 23,820 |
[1] | The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 2, 2016 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

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