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Equity (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2013	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Cost of shares repurchased		$ 500	$ 532	$ 558
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Available Amount		100
General repurchase program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Cost of shares repurchased		$ 480	$ 500	$ 548
Number of shares repurchased		4.2	3.2	3.2
Prepaid Repurchase Program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Cost of shares repurchased	$ 50
Number of shares repurchased				0.3
Stock Repurchase Program, Period in Force	93 days
Withholding in satisfaction of taxes on vested equity award [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Cost of shares repurchased		$ 20	$ 32	$ 60
Number of shares repurchased		0.2	0.2	0.4

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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