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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 27, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Reclassification of Revenue and Cost of Revenue Disaggregation | In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, we moved our Advertising Cloud offerings from our Digital Experience segment into our new Publishing and Advertising segment, which combined our Advertising Cloud offerings with our previous Publishing segment. This realignment is consistent with how we manage our Digital Experience segment to better reflect the strategic shift related to Advertising Cloud and to align with our overall core value proposition of delivering on customer experience management. Further, we reclassified revenue and related cost of revenue of our Advertising Cloud offerings from subscription to services and other on our Consolidated Statements of Income. Financial information for all fiscal years presented has been updated in our Consolidated Financial Statements to reflect these reclassifications. If the change was made at the beginning of fiscal 2020, reported revenue and cost of revenue in our income statements for each quarter of fiscal 2020 would have been as follows:
| 2020
| Quarter Ended |  | Year Ended
(in millions) | February 28 |  | May 29 |  | August 28 |  | November 27 |  | November 27
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subscription | $ | 2,732 |  |  | $ | 2,831 |  |  | $ | 2,948 |  |  | $ | 3,115 |  |  | $ | 11,626 |
Product | 143 |  |  | 128 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 127 |  |  | 507 |
Services and other | 216 |  |  | 169 |  |  | 168 |  |  | 182 |  |  | 735 |
Total revenue | 3,091 |  |  | 3,128 |  |  | 3,225 |  |  | 3,424 |  |  | 12,868 |
Cost of revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subscription | 274 |  |  | 269 |  |  | 282 |  |  | 283 |  |  | 1,108 |
Product | 7 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 36 |
Services and other | 171 |  |  | 137 |  |  | 135 |  |  | 135 |  |  | 578 |
Total cost of revenue | $ | 452 |  |  | $ | 415 |  |  | $ | 427 |  |  | $ | 428 |  |  | $ | 1,722 |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Schedule of Weighted Average Useful Lives [Table Text Block] | During fiscal 2020, our intangible assets were amortized over their estimated useful lives ranging from 3 to 15 years. Amortization is based on the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible asset will be consumed or on a straight-line basis when the consumption pattern is not apparent. The weighted average useful lives of our intangible assets were as follows:
| Weighted Average Useful Life (years)
Customer contracts and relationships | 10
Purchased technology | 6
Trademarks | 9
Other | 6

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