| **(Fair Value Of Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions**                                                                                                                    | Dec. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2015 |
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| Fair Value                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Total assets at fair value                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |               | $ 1,429       | $ 1,211 |
| Total liabilities at fair value                                                                                                                                                                                                             |               | 18            | 18 |
| Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1)                                                                                                                                                               |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Total assets at fair value                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |               | 612           | 405 |
| Total liabilities at fair value                                                                                                                                                                                                             |               | 10            | 9 |
| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)                                                                                                                                                                                               |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Total assets at fair value                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |               | 817           | 806 |
| Total liabilities at fair value                                                                                                                                                                                                             |               | 8             | 9 |
| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]                                                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Total assets at fair value                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |               | 0             | 0 |
| Total liabilities at fair value                                                                                                                                                                                                             |               | 0             | 0 |
| Cash Equivalents | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | Bank Time Deposits [Member]                                                                                                              |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Cash equivalents                                                                                                                                                                                                                |               | 392           | 175 |
| Cash Equivalents | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | Money market funds                                                                                                                       |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Cash equivalents                                                                                                                                                                                                                |               | 5             | 7 |
| Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | U.S. Treasury securities                                                                                      |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities                                                                                                                                                                                                |               | 206           |   |
| Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Corporate bonds                                                                                                                               |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities                                                                                                                                                                                                |               |          | 468 |
| Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | U.S. agency securities                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities                                                                                                                                                                                                |               | 159           | 180 |
| Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Commercial paper                                                                                                                              |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities                                                                                                                                                                                                |               | 63            | 140 |
| Short-Term Investments | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | U.S. Treasury securities                                                                                                           |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities                                                                                                                                                                                                |               |          | 214 |
| Short-Term Investments | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Corporate bonds                                                                                                                                                    |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities                                                                                                                                                                                                |               | 578           |   |
| Other Current Assets and Other Assets [Domain] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign currency derivatives                                                                                                               |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Foreign currency derivatives, assets                                                                                                                                                                                            |               | 17            |   |
| Other Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign currency derivatives                                                                                                                                         |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Foreign currency derivatives, assets                                                                                                                                                                                            |               |          | 18 |
| Other assets | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | Deferred compensation plan assets                                                                                                            |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Deferred compensation plan assets                                                                                                                                                                                               | [1]           | 9             | 9 |
| Accrued and Other Current Liabilities and Other Liabilities | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign currency derivatives                                                                                                  |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Foreign currency derivatives, liabilities                                                                                                                                                                                       |               | 8             |   |
| Accrued and Other Current Liabilities | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign currency derivatives                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Foreign currency derivatives, liabilities                                                                                                                                                                                       |               |          | 9 |
| Other liabilities | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | Deferred Compensation Plan Liabilities                                                                                                  |               |          |   |
| **Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions**                                                                                                                                                                        |               |          |   |
| Fair value, Deferred compensation plan assets                                                                                                                                                                                               | [1]           | $ 10          | $ 9 |
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| [1]The Deferred Compensation Plan assets consist of various mutual funds. See Note 15 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, for additional information regarding our Deferred Compensation Plan. |

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| - Definition
Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.
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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.
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| - Definition
Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.
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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.
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Fair value portion of asset contracts related to the exchange of different currencies, including, but not limited to, foreign currency options, forward contracts, and swaps.
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Fair value portion of liability contracts related to the exchange of different currencies, including, but not limited to, foreign currency options, forward (delivery or nondelivery) contracts, and swaps entered into.
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| - Definition
Fair value of financial and nonfinancial obligations.
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Amount of investments in debt and equity securities and other forms of securities that provide ownership interests classified as trading.
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