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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS, Fair value of assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis (Details) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jan. 31, 2019	Oct. 31, 2018
Assets Short - term
Cash equivalents (money market funds)	$ 973	$ 1,355
Derivative instruments (foreign exchange contracts)	4	16
Assets, Long-term
Trading securities	30	30
Other investments	22
Total assets measured at fair value	1,029	1,401
Liabilities, Short-term
Derivative instruments (foreign exchange contracts)	6	5
Liabilities Long-term
Deferred compensation liability	30	30
Total liabilities measured at fair value	36	35
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Assets Short - term
Cash equivalents (money market funds)	973	1,355
Derivative instruments (foreign exchange contracts)	0	0
Assets, Long-term
Trading securities	30	30
Other investments	0
Total assets measured at fair value	1,003	1,385
Liabilities, Short-term
Derivative instruments (foreign exchange contracts)	0	0
Liabilities Long-term
Deferred compensation liability	0	0
Total liabilities measured at fair value	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Assets Short - term
Cash equivalents (money market funds)	0	0
Derivative instruments (foreign exchange contracts)	4	16
Assets, Long-term
Trading securities	0	0
Other investments	22
Total assets measured at fair value	26	16
Liabilities, Short-term
Derivative instruments (foreign exchange contracts)	6	5
Liabilities Long-term
Deferred compensation liability	30	30
Total liabilities measured at fair value	36	35
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets Short - term
Cash equivalents (money market funds)	0	0
Derivative instruments (foreign exchange contracts)	0	0
Assets, Long-term
Trading securities	0	0
Other investments	0
Total assets measured at fair value	0	0
Liabilities, Short-term
Derivative instruments (foreign exchange contracts)	0	0
Liabilities Long-term
Deferred compensation liability	0	0
Total liabilities measured at fair value	$ 0	$ 0

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Amount of investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (trading) and investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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