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Intangible Assets and Goodwill Gross Carrying Amount of Intangibles and Goodwill (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Gross Carrying Amount [Roll Forward]
Balance at January 1		$ 1,782	$ 1,516
Acquisitions	[1]	1,701	384
Foreign currency translation and other		(81)	(118)
Balance at December 31		$ 3,402	$ 1,782
[1] Primarily attributable to the 2014 acquisitions of Antaya Technologies Corporation and Unwired Holdings, Inc. and the 2015 acquisitions of HellermannTyton Group PLC, Control-Tec LLC and Ottomatika, Inc., as further described in Note 20. Acquisitions and Divestitures.

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Amount of assets, including financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite and infinite life acquired during period.

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Amount of increase (decrease) to assets, including financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite and infinite life for foreign currency translation adjustments and other adjustments.

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Gross Carrying Amount [Roll Forward]

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Gross Carrying amount of finite-lived intangible assets, indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill. Goodwill is an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Intangible assets are assets, not including financial assets, lacking physical substance.

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