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Discontinued Operations, Multiple Agreements, Aggregate Amount

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Discontinued Operations, Transition Services Agreement In Connection With Sale, Income Net Of Direct Costs

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, excluding oil and gas property and timber property.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121586364&loc=d3e3602-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226348&loc=d3e2443-110228

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226691&loc=d3e2941-110230

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2020	Jul. 27, 2020	Jan. 01, 2021	Jan. 03, 2020	Jan. 01, 2021	Jan. 03, 2020
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration from sale of properties		$ 118
Gain on sale of property		$ 35	$ 0	$ 0	$ 35	$ 0
Enterprise Security \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Dedicated direct costs, net of charges, for transition services agreement			$ 0	$ 5	$ 9	$ 5
Agreements, aggregate amount	$ 200
License period	5 years 7 months 6 days