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Goodwill and Purchased and Other Intangibles (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Nov. 30, 2018 | Dec. 01, 2017
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Cost | $ 2,721,935 | $ 987,417
Accumulated Amortization | (652,934) | (601,759)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net | 2,069,001 | 385,658
Purchased Technology [Member] |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Cost | 750,286 | 223,252
Accumulated Amortization | (118,812) | (110,433)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net | 631,474 | 112,819
Customer Contracts and Relationships [Member] |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Cost | 1,329,432 | 577,484
Accumulated Amortization | (416,176) | (356,613)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net | 913,256 | 220,871
Trademarks [Member] |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Cost | 384,855 | 76,255
Accumulated Amortization | (25,968) | (56,094)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net | 358,887 | 20,161
Acquired rights to use technology [Member] |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Cost | 58,966 | 71,130
Accumulated Amortization | (48,770) | (54,223)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net | 10,196 | 16,907
Backlog [Member] |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Cost | 147,300 | 4,813
Accumulated Amortization | (13,299) | (3,037)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net | 134,001 | 1,776
Other intangibles [Member] |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Cost | 51,096 | 34,483
Accumulated Amortization | (29,909) | (21,359)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net | 21,187 | 13,124
Total other intangible assets |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |
Cost | 1,971,649 | 764,165
Accumulated Amortization | (534,122) | (491,326)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net | $ 1,437,527 | $ 272,839

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