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Percentage of awards that may still be earned.

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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award number of shares available for ESPP.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Made Unavailable for Grant

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stock repurchase program.

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Stockholders' Equity, Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Details Textual) (USD $) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 29, 2012 Y employee_stock_purchase_plans	Jul. 31, 2011	Mar. 06, 2012	Mar. 05, 2012	Oct. 30, 2011
Stockholders' Equity Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Amount authorized by Board of directors to repurchase shares				$ 3,000,000,000
Period of stock repurchase program				3 years
Number of employee stock purchase plans (in employee stock purchase plans)	2
Total unrecognized compensation expense	$ 286,000,000
Weighted average period for unrecognized compensation expense to be recognized (in years)	2.6
Increase in number of shares available for grant (in shares)			125
Number of shares made unavailable for grant (in shares)			76
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)	194
Number of shares available for grant under ESPP (in shares)	51
Stock options vesting period, minimum (in years)	3 years
Stock options vesting period, maximum (in years)	4 years
Stock options expiration period (in years)	7 years
Stock options granted (in shares)	0	0
Additional performance-based awards to be earned, upon certain levels of achievment (in shares)	2
Purchase price in percent of the lower of the fair market value of Applied common stock	85.00%
Purchase period for ESPP (in months)	6 months
Weighted average estimated fair value of purchase rights (in dollars per share)	$ 11.54				$ 12.64
Number of shares issued under the ESPP (in shares)	3	3
Performance-Based Awards Granted in Fiscal 2011 [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of earned performance-based awards, granted	100.00%
Performance-Based Awards Granted in Fiscal 2010 [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of earned performance-based awards, granted	82.00%
Percentage of awards that may still be earned	18.00%
Employee Stock [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Weighted average estimated fair value of purchase rights (in dollars per share)	$ 2.89	3.61