Segment and Geographic Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2012
Sales:
Sales		$ 34,477,018	$ 28,673,363	$ 28,916,847
Operating income (loss):
Operating income		1,556,822	894,511	107,696
Restructuring, integration, and other charges		10,911	13,288	89,785
Loss on disposition of businesses, net		0	0	21,252
ASSETS
Assets		19,535,540	17,053,911
Proceeds from Legal Settlements		12,477	2,369		$ 110,000
Impairments (Notes 2 and 3)		4,482	7,223	698,246
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost		10,911	13,288	89,785
Global Components [Member]
Sales:
Sales		26,357,517	20,502,687	20,250,735
Operating income (loss):
Inventory Write-down				22,332
Receivables and Inventory write down				18,037
Restructuring, integration, and other charges				10,778
ASSETS
Assets		12,953,154	10,509,970
Proceeds from Legal Settlements		12,477	2,369
Impairments (Notes 2 and 3)		4,482		698,246
Global ECS [Member]
Sales:
Sales		8,119,501	8,170,676	8,666,112
ASSETS
Assets		5,953,525	5,718,992
Foreign tax and other loss contingencies			29,858
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of			4,918
Corporate [Member]
ASSETS
Assets		628,861	824,949
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of			2,305
Restructuring and Related Cost, Incurred Cost				79,007
Other Segments | Global Components [Member]
Operating income (loss):
Operating income	[1]	1,432,187	780,333	(10,199)
Loss on disposition of businesses, net				19,384
Other Segments | Global ECS [Member]
Operating income (loss):
Operating income	[2]	390,103	353,763	426,192
Other Segments | Corporate [Member]
Operating income (loss):
Operating income	[3]	$ (265,468)	$ (239,585)	(308,297)
Loss on disposition of businesses, net				$ 1,868

[1] Global components operating income includes $12,477 and $2,369 related to proceeds from legal settlements for 2021 and 2020, respectively, (refer to Note 15) and $4,482 in impairment charges related to various long-lived assets for 2021. Global components operating income for 2019 includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $10,778, a loss on disposition of businesses, net, of $19,384, impairments of $698,246, a non-recurring charge of $22,332 related to a subset of inventory held by its digital business, and a non-recurring charge of $18,037 related to the receivables and inventory of its financing solutions business.

[2] Global ECS operating income for 2020 includes reserves and other adjustments of approximately $29,858 primarily related to foreign tax and other loss contingencies. These reserves are principally associated with transactional taxes on activity from several prior years, not significant to any one year. Global ECS operating income for 2020 also includes $4,918 in impairment charges related to various long-lived assets.

[3] Corporate operating income for the years 2021, 2020, and 2019 includes restructuring, integration, and other charges (credits) of $10,911, $13,288, and $79,007, respectively. Also included in 2019 was a net loss on the disposition of businesses of $1,868. Corporate operating income for 2020 includes $2,305 of impairment charges related to various long-lived assets.