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	Oct. 28, 2012 Year Plan	Oct. 30, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010	Mar. 06, 2012	Mar. 05, 2012
Stockholders' Equity Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Textuals) [Abstract]
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Amount authorized by Board of directors to repurchase shares					3,000,000,000
Period of stock repurchase program					three years
Remaining number of shares authorized to be repurchased	1,800,000,000
Dividend declared, amount	438,000,000	408,000,000	361,000,000
Number of employee stock purchase plans	2
Total unrecognized compensation expense	259,000,000
Weighted average period for unrecognized compensation expense to be recognized	2.5
Change in number of shares available for grant				125,000,000
Number of shares made unavailable for grant				76,000,000
Number of shares available for grant	195,000,000
Stock options scheduled to be vested	over three to four years
Stock options scheduled to expire	no later than seven years from the grant date
Assumed in Varian acquisition	5,000,000	0	0
Performance-based restricted stock units granted	3,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000
Performance-based shares of restricted stock granted	1,000,000	100,000	100,000
Additional performance-based awards to be earned upon certain levels of achievment	2,000,000
Purchase price in percent of the lower of the fair market value of Applied common stock	85.00%
Purchase period for ESPP	6-month
Weighted average estimated fair value of purchase rights under ESPP	$ 2.73	$ 3.03	$ 2.76
Number of shares issued under the ESPP	7,000,000	6,000,000	5,000,000
Restricted Stock Awards [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Textuals) [Abstract]
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Textuals) [Abstract]
Number of shares available for grant	47,000,000
Performance Based Awards 2012 [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Textuals) [Abstract]
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Performance Based Awards 2010 [Member]
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Percentage of performance based awards unearned remaining	18.00%
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