The percent of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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Acquisitions/Divestitures - Businesses Acquired, 2017 (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) entity	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Acquisitions
Goodwill	$ 36,788	$ 36,265	$ 36,199
Technology Services & Cloud Platforms
Acquisitions
Goodwill	10,447	10,292	10,258
Cognitive Solutions
Acquisitions
Goodwill	19,665	19,384	19,484
Global Business Services
Acquisitions
Goodwill	$ 4,813	$ 4,742	$ 4,607
2017 Acquisitions
Acquisitions
Number of acquisitions \| entity	5
Aggregate acquisitions cost	$ 134
Percentage of business acquired (as a percent)	100.00%
Goodwill	$ 16
Expected percent of goodwill deductible for tax purposes	50.00%
Acquired intangible asset, weighted average useful life	6 years 7 months 6 days
2017 Acquisitions \| Technology Services & Cloud Platforms
Acquisitions
Number of acquisitions \| entity	3
Goodwill	$ 13
2017 Acquisitions \| Cognitive Solutions
Acquisitions
Number of acquisitions \| entity	1
Goodwill	$ 3
2017 Acquisitions \| Global Business Services
Acquisitions
Number of acquisitions \| entity	1