Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Fair Value Financial Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 28, 2017	Oct. 29, 2016
Long-term debt
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts		$ 0
Recurring [Member]
Other Assets
Deferred compensation investments	$ 33,510	26,916
Interest rate derivative assets, at fair value	2,966
Total assets measured at fair value	788,154	3,830,182
Long-term debt
Contingent consideration	7,891	7,555
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	1,527	5,231
Total liabilities measured at fair value	9,418	12,786
Available-for-sale, amortized cost basis	238,900	3,500,000
Recurring [Member] \| Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	512,882	277,595
Recurring [Member] \| Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	238,796	415,660
Recurring [Member] \| Corporate Obligations [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		2,518,148
Recurring [Member] \| Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		29,989
Recurring [Member] \| Floating rate notes [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		561,874
Recurring [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Other Assets
Deferred compensation investments	33,510	26,916
Interest rate derivative assets, at fair value	0
Total assets measured at fair value	546,392	304,511
Long-term debt
Contingent consideration	0	0
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	0
Total liabilities measured at fair value	0	0
Recurring [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] \| Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	512,882	277,595
Recurring [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] \| Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	0	0
Recurring [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] \| Corporate Obligations [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		0
Recurring [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] \| Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		0
Recurring [Member] \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] \| Floating rate notes [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		0
Recurring [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Other Assets
Deferred compensation investments	0	0
Interest rate derivative assets, at fair value	2,966
Total assets measured at fair value	241,762	3,525,671
Long-term debt
Contingent consideration	0	0
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	1,527	5,231
Total liabilities measured at fair value	1,527	5,231
Recurring [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] \| Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	0	0
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Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	238,796	415,660
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Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		2,518,148
Recurring [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] \| Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		29,989
Recurring [Member] \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] \| Floating rate notes [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		561,874
Recurring [Member] \| Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Other Assets
Deferred compensation investments	0	0
Interest rate derivative assets, at fair value	0
Total assets measured at fair value	0	0
Long-term debt
Contingent consideration	7,891	7,555
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	0
Total liabilities measured at fair value	7,891	7,555
Recurring [Member] \| Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Institutional Money Market Funds [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	0	0
Recurring [Member] \| Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Corporate Obligations [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Cash equivalents	$ 0	0
Recurring [Member] \| Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Corporate Obligations [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		0
Recurring [Member] \| Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Floating rate notes, issued at par [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		0
Recurring [Member] \| Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Floating rate notes [Member] \| Short-term Investments [Member] \| One year or less to maturity [Member]
Available-for-sale:
Short-term investments		$ 0

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