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Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 01, 2017
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-term Investments [Abstract] |
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments | Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments consisted of the following as of December 1, 2017 (in thousands):
| Amortized Cost |  | Unrealized Gains |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Current assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash | $ | 280,488 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 280,488 |
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market mutual funds | 2,006,741 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,006,741 |
Time deposits | 18,843 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 18,843 |
Total cash equivalents | 2,025,584 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,025,584 |
Total cash and cash equivalents | 2,306,072 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,306,072 |
Short-term fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset-backed securities | 98,403 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (403 | ) |  | 98,001 |
Corporate bonds and commercial paper | 2,461,691 |  |  | 2,694 |  |  | (10,125 | ) |  | 2,454,260 |
Foreign government securities | 2,396 |  |  | — |  |  | (8 | ) |  | 2,388 |
Municipal securities | 21,189 |  |  | 8 |  |  | (132 | ) |  | 21,065 |
U.S. Treasury securities | 941,538 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (3,552 | ) |  | 937,988 |
Total short-term investments | 3,525,217 |  |  | 2,705 |  |  | (14,220 | ) |  | 3,513,702 |
Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | $ | 5,831,289 |  |  | $ | 2,705 |  |  | $ | (14,220 | ) |  | $ | 5,819,774 |
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments consisted of the following as of December 2, 2016 (in thousands):
| Amortized Cost |  | Unrealized Gains |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Current assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash | $ | 208,635 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 208,635 |
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate bonds and commercial paper | 1,249 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,249 |
Money market mutual funds | 782,210 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 782,210 |
Municipal securities | 1,301 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,301 |
Time deposits | 17,920 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 17,920 |
Total cash equivalents | 802,680 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 802,680 |
Total cash and cash equivalents | 1,011,315 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,011,315 |
Short-term fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset backed securities | 111,009 |  |  | 95 |  |  | (190 | ) |  | 110,914 |
Corporate bonds and commercial paper | 2,464,769 |  |  | 3,135 |  |  | (9,554 | ) |  | 2,458,350 |
Municipal securities | 134,710 |  |  | 37 |  |  | (525 | ) |  | 134,222 |
U.S. agency securities | 39,538 |  |  | 42 |  |  | — |  |  | 39,580 |
U.S. Treasury securities | 1,008,195 |  |  | 194 |  |  | (1,470 | ) |  | 1,006,919 |
Total short-term investments | 3,758,221 |  |  | 3,503 |  |  | (11,739 | ) |  | 3,749,985 |
Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | $ | 4,769,536 |  |  | $ | 3,503 |  |  | $ | (11,739 | ) |  | $ | 4,761,300 |
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than Twelve Months Related to Available-for-Sale Securities | The following table summarizes the fair value and gross unrealized losses related to available-for-sale securities, aggregated by investment category, that have been in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months, as of December 1, 2017 and December 2, 2016 (in thousands):
| 2017 |  | 2016
| Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses
Corporate bonds and commercial paper | $ | 1,338,232 |  |  | $ | (5,459 | ) |  | $ | 1,282,076 |  |  | $ | (9,474 | )
Asset-backed securities | 64,618 |  |  | (193 | ) |  | 54,063 |  |  | (189 | )
Municipal securities | 11,805 |  |  | (115 | ) |  | 114,810 |  |  | (525 | )
Foreign government securities | 2,388 |  |  | (8 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
U.S. Treasury and agency securities | 593,296 |  |  | (2,087 | ) |  | 580,529 |  |  | (1,470 | )
Total | $ | 2,010,339 |  |  | $ | (7,862 | ) |  | $ | 2,031,478 |  |  | $ | (11,658 | )
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Twelve Months or Longer Related to Available-for-Sale-Securities | The following table summarizes the fair value and gross unrealized losses related to available-for-sale securities, aggregated by investment category, that were in a continuous unrealized loss position for more than twelve months, as of December 1, 2017 and December 2, 2016 (in thousands):
| 2017 |  | 2016
| Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses
Corporate bonds and commercial paper | $ | 500,689 |  |  | $ | (4,666 | ) |  | $ | 39,162 |  |  | $ | (80 | )
Asset-backed security | 32,383 |  |  | (210 | ) |  | 1,331 |  |  | (1 | )
Municipal securities | 598 |  |  | (17 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
U.S. Treasury securities | 338,950 |  |  | (1,465 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 872,620 |  |  | $ | (6,358 | ) |  | $ | 40,493 |  |  | $ | (81 | )
Cost and Estimated Fair Value of Debt Securities | The following table summarizes the cost and estimated fair value of short-term fixed income securities classified as short-term investments based on stated effective maturities as of December 1, 2017 (in thousands):
| Amortized Cost |  | Estimated Fair Value
Due within one year | $ | 1,025,894 |  |  | $ | 1,023,639 |
Due between one and two years | 1,294,919 |  |  | 1,289,307 |
Due between two and three years | 815,254 |  |  | 812,828 |
Due after three years | 389,150 |  |  | 387,928 |
Total | $ | 3,525,217 |  |  | $ | 3,513,702 |

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