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Transfers of Financial Assets Accounted for as Sale, Payments for Commercial Accounts Receivable Sold

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Transfers of Financial Assets Accounted for as Sale, Payments for Prepaid Maintenance

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Transfers of Financial Assets Accounted for as Sale, Payments for Software Licenses

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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) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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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
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
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-Section 50
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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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The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Divestitures - Narrative (Details) € in Millions, £ in Millions, $ in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 GBP (£)	Oct. 31, 2020 AUD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 AUD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on disposition of businesses						$ 2,046			$ 0	$ 2,046	$ 0
Repayments of debt		$ 3,500								2,926	$ 1,029
Commercial paper
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repayments of debt		772	£ 600
Term loan
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repayments of debt						1,441
Term loan \| Term Loan Payable, EUR, Due 2023-2024
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repayments of debt		410			€ 350
Term loan \| Term Loan Payable, USD, Due 2025
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repayments of debt		381					$ 100
Term loan \| Term Loan Payable, AUD, Due 2022
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repayments of debt		358		$ 500				$ 300
Term loan \| Term Loan Payable, EUR, Due 2022-2023
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repayments of debt		292			€ 250
Revolving credit facility \| Line of Credit
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repayments of debt		$ 1,250								$ 4,000
HHS Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Transaction consideration	$ 5,000
Portion of consideration related to future services to be provided	85
Gain on disposition of businesses	$ 2,041
HHS Business \| Milano Purchasers
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Commercial accounts receivable transferred						272
Prepaid maintenance transferred						12
Software licenses transferred						48
Individually Insignificant Disposal Group
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on disposition of businesses						$ 5