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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Repayments of long-term debt		$ 3,000,000,000.0
4.45% Senior Notes Due October 2023 \| Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount issued					$ 1,250,000,000
Stated interest rate					4.45%
4.65% Senior Notes Due October 2024 \| Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount issued					$ 1,000,000,000.0
Stated interest rate					4.65%
3.6%Senior Notes Due October 2020 \| Senior Notes \| Forecast [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		3.60%
February 2020 Asset Backed Securities \| Asset-backed Debt Securities
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Amount issued			$ 755,000,000
Number of tranches \| tranche			6
Discount rate at issuance			99.99%
Weighted-average interest rate			1.87%
Outstanding balance				$ 704,000,000
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Amount issued	$ 763,000,000
Number of tranches \| tranche	6
Discount rate at issuance	99.99%
Weighted-average interest rate	2.31%
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Commercial Paper
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Number of commercial paper programs \| tranche				2
Maximum borrowing capacity under commercial paper program			$ 4,000,000,000.0			$ 4,750,000,000
Amount outstanding				$ 0			$ 0
Commercial Paper \| Euro Commercial Paper Program
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Maximum borrowing capacity under commercial paper program				3,000,000,000.0
Commercial Paper \| Euro Commercial Paper Certificate of Deposit Programme
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Maximum borrowing capacity under commercial paper program				1,000,000,000.0
Commercial Paper \| Hewlett Packard Enterprise \| Euro Commercial Paper Certificate of Deposit Programme
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount outstanding				$ 605,000,000			$ 698,000,000