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Revenue Recognition - Change in Unbilled Contract and Unearned Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended |  |
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Jun. 30, 2020 | Jun. 30, 2019 | Jan. 01, 2020 | Jan. 01, 2019
Unbilled contract revenue |  |  |  |
Beginning balance | $ 29 | $ 29 |  |
Additions | 58 | 44 |  |
Subtractions | 65 | 38 |  |
Ending balance | 22 | 35 |  |
Unearned revenue |  |  |  |
Beginning balance | 17 | 20 |  |
Additions | 31 | 0 |  |
Subtractions | 1 | 2 |  |
Ending balance | $ 47 | $ 18 |  |
Contracts with customer, revenue recognized, amount outstanding end of last period |  |  | $ 1 | $ 2

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- Definition Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118944033&loc=SL49130531-203044 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130549-203045 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118944033&loc=SL49130532-203044 + Details
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