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Debt Covenant, Ratio Of Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation And Amortization To Interest Expense

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Debt Covenant, Ratio Of Indebtedness To Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation And Amortization

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Line Of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage, Increase (Decrease)

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Payments To Acquire Business, Debt Extinguishment

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

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Incremental percentage increase (decrease) in the stated rate on a debt instrument.

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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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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Cash outflow in the form of capital distributions and dividends to common shareholders, preferred shareholders and noncontrolling interests.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Amount of cash outflow for payment of an obligation from a lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Debt - Narrative (Details)			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Debt - Narrative (Details)	Dec. 12, 2018	May 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash distribution to DXC stockholders				$ 984,000,000	$ 0
Preliminary fair value of cash consideration paid by USPS to extinguish certain existing Vencore indebtedness				994,000,000	0
Repayments of lines of credit				$ 50,000,000	$ 0
Vencore
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired		$ 400,000,000
Preliminary fair value of cash consideration paid by USPS to extinguish certain existing Vencore indebtedness		994,000,000
DXC stockholders
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash distribution to DXC stockholders		984,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan A \| Maximum \| On or after September 30, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA				4.50
Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan A \| Maximum \| No later than December 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA				3.75
Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan A \| Maximum \| Acquisition in excess of $100 million
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA				4.00
Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan A \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, consideration transferred threshold amount				$ 100,000,000
Debt covenant, ratio of EBITDA to interest expense				3.00
Secured Debt \| Term Loan A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount		2,000,000,000
Secured Debt \| Term Loan B Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount		500,000,000
Secured Debt \| Term Loan A and B Facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs		34,000,000
Secured Debt \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs		9,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity		600,000,000		$ 600,000,000
Draw on line of credit		$ 50,000,000
Repayments of lines of credit			$ 50,000,000
Reduction in interest rate on unused commitment fee	5.00%
Secured Debt \| Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in interest on debt	25.00%