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Goodwill and Purchased and Other Intangibles (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2018	Dec. 01, 2017
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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