Business Combination Purchase Price

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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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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 55
-Paragraph 37
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the identifiable assets acquired in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 03, 2017	Dec. 01, 2017	Dec. 02, 2016	Dec. 19, 2016	Jan. 27, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price allocation, goodwill		$ 348,352	$ 35,802
TubeMogul [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price allocation, purchase price				$ 560,800
Purchase price allocation, goodwill	$ 348,400
Purchase price allocation, identifiable intangible assets				113,100
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net				$ 99,300
Fotolia [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price allocation, purchase price					$ 807,500
Purchase price allocation, goodwill	$ 745,100
Purchase price allocation, identifiable intangible assets					204,400
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net					$ (142,000)