Fair Value Measurements (Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities) Narrative (Details) - IBM’s QRadar Assets $ in Billions |
Apr. 30, 2026
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| Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis | |
| Undiscounted contingent consideration, value, low | $ 0.3 |
| Undiscounted contingent consideration, value, high | $ 0.5 |
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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