Contingencies and Litigation - Gain Contingency (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Conduent Business Services, LLC v. Cognizant Business Service, LLC [Member]
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Gain Contingency, Unrecorded Amount	$ 150

The amount or range of possible amounts of gain that could be realized upon the resolution of a contingency.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6397426&loc=d3e17499-108355

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