Goodwill And Intangible Assets (Components Of Acquired Intangible Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2017	Oct. 01, 2016
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Weighted-Average Life (years)	12 years
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 320,819	$ 329,796
Accumulated Amortization	$ (219,841)	(216,236)
Customer-Related
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Weighted-Average Life (years)	11 years
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 160,943	165,445
Accumulated Amortization	$ (119,129)	(117,434)
Technology-Related
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Weighted-Average Life (years)	9 years
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 68,327	70,277
Accumulated Amortization	$ (52,454)	(52,060)
Program-Related
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Weighted-Average Life (years)	19 years
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 62,970	64,774
Accumulated Amortization	$ (27,056)	(26,018)
Marketing-Related
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Weighted-Average Life (years)	9 years
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 24,553	25,031
Accumulated Amortization	$ (18,184)	(17,649)
Other Intangible Assets
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Weighted-Average Life (years)	10 years
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 4,026	4,269
Accumulated Amortization	$ (3,018)	$ (3,075)

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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