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004011 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies (Standarded Warranty and Extended Warranty Tables) (Details)
(http://www.ibm.com/role/SignificantAccountingPoliciesStandardedWarrantyAndExtendedWarrantyTablesDetails)
TableDeferred Revenue Arrangement, by Type [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31
2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31
Deferred Revenue Arrangement Type [Axis]Deferred Revenue Arrangement Type [Axis]
Extended Warranty [Member]Deferred Revenue [Domain]Extended Warranty [Member]Deferred Revenue [Domain]
Movement in Deferred Revenue [Roll Forward]
 
 
 
 
Beginning balance, aggregate deferred revenue
606,000,000  
 
636,000,000  
 
Revenue deferred for new extended warranty contracts
305,000,000  
 
268,000,000  
 
Amortization of deferred revenue
(324,000,000) 
 
(301,000,000) 
 
Other
(8,000,000) 
 
4,000,000  
 
Ending balance, aggregate deferred revenue
579,000,000  
 
 
 
606,000,000  
 
 
 
Deferred revenue:
 
 
 
 
Deferred income, current portion
284,000,000  
12,557,000,000  
289,000,000  
11,952,000,000  
Deferred income, noncurrent portion
295,000,000  
4,108,000,000  
317,000,000  
4,491,000,000