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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block] | The following table presents net sales by major category for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012. Categories are based upon internal classifications. Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 have been reclassified for certain changes in individual product classifications to conform to the presentation for the year ended December 31, 2014.
| Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2012
| Dollars in Millions |  | Percentage of Total Net Sales |  | Dollars in Millions |  | Percentage of Total Net Sales |  | Dollars in Millions |  | Percentage of Total Net Sales
Notebooks/Mobile Devices | $ | 2,352.3 |  |  | 19.5 | % |  | $ | 1,698.4 |  |  | 15.8 | % |  | $ | 1,462.8 |  |  | 14.4 | %
NetComm Products | 1,615.9 |  |  | 13.4 |  |  | 1,486.3 |  |  | 13.8 |  |  | 1,351.5 |  |  | 13.3 |
Enterprise and Data Storage (Including Drives) | 1,024.3 |  |  | 8.5 |  |  | 999.2 |  |  | 9.3 |  |  | 981.5 |  |  | 9.7 |
Other Hardware | 4,549.2 |  |  | 37.6 |  |  | 4,178.5 |  |  | 38.8 |  |  | 4,075.7 |  |  | 40.3 |
Software | 2,076.7 |  |  | 17.2 |  |  | 1,993.1 |  |  | 18.5 |  |  | 1,877.7 |  |  | 18.5 |
Services | 371.4 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 332.7 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 285.0 |  |  | 2.8 |
Other (1) | 84.7 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 80.4 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 94.0 |  |  | 1.0 |
Total net sales | $ | 12,074.5 |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 10,768.6 |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 10,128.2 |  |  | 100.0 | %
(1) | Includes items such as delivery charges to customers and certain commission revenue.
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] | The following table presents information about the Company’s segments for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012:
(in millions) | Corporate |  | Public |  | Other |  | Headquarters |  | Total
2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 6,475.5 |  |  | $ | 4,879.4 |  |  | $ | 719.6 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 12,074.5 |
Income (loss) from operations | 439.8 |  |  | 313.2 |  |  | 32.9 |  |  | (112.9 | ) |  | 673.0 |
Depreciation and amortization expense | (96.3 | ) |  | (43.8 | ) |  | (8.8 | ) |  | (59.0 | ) |  | (207.9 | )
2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 5,960.1 |  |  | $ | 4,164.5 |  |  | $ | 644.0 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,768.6 |
Income (loss) from operations(1) | 363.3 |  |  | 246.5 |  |  | 27.2 |  |  | (128.4 | ) |  | 508.6 |
Depreciation and amortization expense | (97.3 | ) |  | (44.0 | ) |  | (8.6 | ) |  | (58.3 | ) |  | (208.2 | )
2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 5,512.8 |  |  | $ | 4,023.0 |  |  | $ | 592.4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,128.2 |
Income (loss) from operations | 349.0 |  |  | 246.7 |  |  | 18.6 |  |  | (103.7 | ) |  | 510.6 |
Depreciation and amortization expense | (97.6 | ) |  | (44.0 | ) |  | (9.3 | ) |  | (59.3 | ) |  | (210.2 | )
(1) Includes $75.0 million of IPO- and secondary-offering related expenses, as follows: Corporate $26.4 million; Public $14.4 million; Other $3.6 million; and Headquarters $30.6 million.

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