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Property and Equipment
 12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property and Equipment
4. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consisted of the following at the dates indicated:
 
Life in
 
July 31,
(Dollars in millions)
Years
 
2017
 
2016
Equipment
3-5
 
$
579

 
$
533

Computer software
3-6
 
749

 
619

Furniture and fixtures
5
 
82

 
73

Leasehold improvements
2-16
 
310

 
296

Land
NA
 
81

 
60

Buildings
5-30
 
547

 
403

Capital in progress
NA
 
71

 
256

 
 
 
2,419

 
2,240

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
 
(1,389
)
 
(1,209
)
Total property and equipment, net
 
 
$
1,030

 
$
1,031


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NA = Not Applicable
Capital in progress at July 31, 2017 consisted primarily of costs related to internal use software projects and additional land and buildings that we are in the process of constructing on our headquarters campus in Mountain View, California. The balance of land and buildings in the capital in progress account was $30 million at July 31, 2017.
Capital in progress at July 31, 2016 consisted primarily of costs related to internal use software projects and land and buildings that we were in the process of constructing on our headquarters campus in Mountain View, California. The balance of land and buildings in the capital in progress account was $172 million at July 31, 2016. The land and buildings were placed in service during fiscal 2017.
As discussed in Note 1, “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Internal Use Software,” we capitalize costs related to the development of computer software for internal use. We capitalized internal use software costs totaling $128 million for the twelve months ended July 31, 2017; $103 million for the twelve months ended July 31, 2016; and $116 million for the twelve months ended July 31, 2015. These amounts included capitalized labor costs of $99 million, $80 million and $89 million, respectively. Costs related to internal use software projects are included in the capital in progress category of property and equipment until project completion, at which time they are transferred to the computer software category.