OTHER BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION - Additional Details Related to Certain Balance Sheet Captions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Other current assets:
Prepaid taxes	$ 112	$ 94
Prepaid expenses	99	91
Capitalized costs to obtain and fulfill sales contracts	103	93
Foreign exchange forwards on certain assets and liabilities	1	31
Other	74	74
Total other current assets	389	383
Other assets:
Investments in non-consolidated affiliates	443	135
Deposits for real-estate leases	14	19
Indemnification assets related to acquisitions	106	15
Mutual funds and fixed deposits	89	66
Company owned life insurance (at contract value)	37	17
Costs to obtain sales contracts	138	134
Derivative instruments designated as accounting hedges	66	57
Pension and other retirement employee benefits	77	21
Other	64	51
Total other assets	1,034	515
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Salaries and benefits	211	197
Incentive compensation	324	226
Customer credits, advanced payments and advanced billings	100	42
Dividends	6	11
Professional service fees	75	53
Interest accrued on debt	85	82
Accounts payable	47	39
Income taxes	115	128
Pension and other retirement employee benefits	7	45
Accrued royalties	36	19
Foreign exchange forwards on certain assets and liabilities	12	2
Restructuring liability	4	18
Derivative instruments designated as accounting hedges	0	39
Other	120	138
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	1,142	1,039
Other liabilities:
Pension and other retirement employee benefits	235	244
Interest accrued on UTPs	59	113	$ 82
MAKS indemnification provisions	33	33
Income tax liability – non-current portion	23	18
Derivative instruments designated as accounting hedges	40	145
Other	48	37
Total other liabilities	$ 438	$ 590