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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Nov. 02, 2013	Oct. 27, 2012	Nov. 02, 2013	Oct. 27, 2012
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Pension and other benefit liabilities, taxes	$ 8	$ 9	$ 42	$ 28
Currency translation adjustment and cash flow hedges, taxes	$ 0	$ 7	$ 7	$ 7

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Tax effect of the adjustment that results from the process of translating subsidiary financial statements and foreign equity investments into functional currency of the reporting entity that is attributable to the parent entity and Total tax effect of the change in accumulated gains and losses from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges that is attributable to the parent entity. The change includes an entity's share of an equity investee's increase (decrease) in deferred hedging gains or losses.

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Amount of tax (expense) benefit, after reclassification adjustments, of (increase) decrease in accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss related to pension and other postretirement defined benefit plans, attributable to parent entity.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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