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Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Business, Sales Price Adjustment

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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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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Amounts of material contingent liabilities, for example, but not limited to, product or environmental liabilities or litigation, that remain with the entity despite the disposal of the disposal group that is classified as a component of the entity.

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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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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			3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2021 EUR (€)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repayments of debt						$ 2,872	$ 2,926
Gain (loss) on sale			$ (4)		$ 2,046	$ 373	$ 2,046
Senior Notes, Due 2023 \| Senior Notes
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	0.0445%		4.45%			4.45%			0.0445%
Repayments of debt	$ 154			$ 319
Senior Notes, Due 2023 \| Senior Notes
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	0.0445%		4.45%			4.45%			0.0445%
Repayments of debt	$ 165
HPS Business \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Transaction consideration	551								€ 468
Amount of consideration related to future services to be provided	12								€ 10
Gain (loss) on sale	$ 337
Series of Insignificant Disposal Groups \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale				49				$ (10)
Sales price adjustment related to prior year dispositions				$ 13
HHS Business \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Transaction consideration		$ 5,000
Repayments of debt		3,500
Gain (loss) on sale		2,014
Portion of consideration related to future services to be provided		85
HHS Business \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Milano Purchasers
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repurchase receivables transferred		272
Prepaid maintenance transferred		12
Software licenses transferred		$ 48