Percent, after disposal, of ownership interest of a discontinued operation in which an equity method investment is retained.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4B
-Subparagraph (d)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64827811&loc=SL51721665-107760

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2017	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt repayments			$ 2,010	$ 17
Subsequent Event \| Website Security and Public Key Infrastructure Businesses \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Discontinued operation, ownership interest retained	27.00%
Subsequent Event \| Discontinued Operations \| Website Security and Public Key Infrastructure Businesses \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Discontinued operation, consideration expected	$ 960	$ 960
Subsequent Event \| Senior Term Loan A-3 due August 1, 2019 \| Unsecured Debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt repayments		130
Subsequent Event \| Senior Term Loan A-1 due May 10, 2019 \| Unsecured Debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt repayments		$ 250