Supplementary Financial Information (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Other Current Assets
Deferred taxes and income taxes receivable	$ 253	$ 296
Royalties, license fees and software maintenance	185	165
Restricted cash	147	151
Prepaid expenses	143	143
Derivative instruments	6	11
Deferred purchase price from sales of accounts receivables	121	116
Beneficial interests - sales of finance receivables	64	35
Advances and deposits	32	29
Other	256	216
Total Other Current Assets	1,207	1,162
Other Current Liabilities
Deferred taxes and income taxes payable	87	105
Other taxes payable	180	170
Interest payable	80	83
Restructuring reserves	108	122
Derivative instruments	70	82
Product warranties	13	13
Dividends payable	84	69
Distributor and reseller rebates/commissions	125	117
Servicer liabilities	140	146
Other	826	869
Total Other Current Liabilities	1,713	1,776
Other Long-term Assets
Prepaid pension costs	55	35
Net investment in discontinued operations	173	190
Internal use software, net	506	577
Product software, net	343	344
Restricted cash	170	214
Debt issuance costs, net	31	37
Customer contract costs, net	399	356
Beneficial interests - sales of finance receivables	86	68
Deferred compensation plan investments	116	100
Other	343	416
Total Other Long-term Assets	2,222	2,337
Other Long-term Liabilities
Deferred and other tax liabilities	286	262
Environmental reserves	12	14
Unearned income	168	134
Restructuring reserves	8	8
Other	283	360
Total Other Long-term Liabilities	757	778
Tax and labor litigation deposits in Brazil	167	211
Escrow and cash collections related to receivable sales	140	146
Other restricted cash	10	8
Total Restricted Cash and Investments	317	365
Net investment in discontinued operations TRG	191
Net remaining liabilities of discontinued operations - TRG	$ 18