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Goodwill and Purchased and Other Intangibles (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2018	Dec. 01, 2017
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	$ 1,257,649	$ 987,417
Accumulated Amortization	(588,173)	(601,759)
Net	669,476	385,658	[1]
Purchased technology
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	307,101	223,252
Accumulated Amortization	(100,832)	(110,433)
Net	206,269	112,819
Total other intangible assets
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	950,548	764,165
Accumulated Amortization	(487,341)	(491,326)
Net	463,207	272,839
Customer contracts and relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	753,870	577,484
Accumulated Amortization	(387,091)	(356,613)
Net	366,779	220,871
Trademarks
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	56,355	76,255
Accumulated Amortization	(20,016)	(56,094)
Net	36,339	20,161
Acquired rights to use technology
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	58,966	71,130
Accumulated Amortization	(47,097)	(54,223)
Net	11,869	16,907
Other intangibles
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Cost	81,357	39,296
Accumulated Amortization	(33,137)	(24,396)
Net	$ 48,220	$ 14,900
[1] The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 1, 2017 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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