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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 7/27/22, at 5:50pm ET   ·   As of:  7/28/22   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1058290-22-241   ·   File #:  0-24429

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/28/22  Cognizant Tech Solutions Corp.    10-Q        6/30/22   74:11M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.48M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    143K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    178K 
 4: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML    138K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
14: R1          Cover                                               HTML     74K 
15: R2          Consolidated Statements Of Financial Position       HTML    138K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R3          Consolidated Statements Of Financial Position       HTML     37K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
17: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML    102K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML     48K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     94K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
20: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows     HTML    107K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
21: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     24K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
22: R9          Interim Consolidated Financial Statements           HTML     25K 
23: R10         Revenues                                            HTML    220K 
24: R11         Investments                                         HTML     55K 
25: R12         Accrued Expenses And Other Current Liabilities      HTML     31K 
26: R13         Debt                                                HTML     38K 
27: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     34K 
28: R15         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     97K 
29: R16         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     97K 
30: R17         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    115K 
31: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     41K 
32: R19         Segment Information                                 HTML     62K 
33: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     24K 
34: R21         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML    216K 
35: R22         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     50K 
36: R23         Accrued Expenses And Other Current Liabilities      HTML     31K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R24         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     33K 
38: R25         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)                  HTML     29K 
39: R26         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML     98K 
40: R27         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     95K 
41: R28         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    115K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R29         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     54K 
43: R30         Revenues - Capitalized Costs to Fulfill Contract    HTML     30K 
                with Customer (Details)                                          
44: R31         Revenues - Significant Movements in Contract        HTML     30K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
45: R32         Revenues - Significant Movements in Deferred        HTML     30K 
                Revenue Balances (Details)                                       
46: R33         Revenues - Remaining Performance Obligations        HTML     31K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
47: R34         Revenues - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)      HTML    112K 
48: R35         Revenues - Trade Accounts And Allowance for         HTML     29K 
                Doubtful Accounts (Details)                                      
49: R36         Investments (Details)                               HTML     54K 
50: R37         Investments (Schedule of Held-to-Maturity           HTML     44K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
51: R38         Investments - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     44K 
52: R39         Accrued Expenses And Other Current Liabilities      HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R40         Debt (Additional Disclosures) (Details)             HTML     49K 
54: R41         Debt (Short-term Debt) (Details)                    HTML     30K 
55: R42         Debt (Long-term Debt) (Details)                     HTML     35K 
56: R43         Income Taxes - Tax Rates (Details)                  HTML     24K 
57: R44         Income Taxes (Narrative) (One-time Transaction)     HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R45         Derivative Financial Instruments (Location And      HTML     49K 
                Fair Values Of Derivative Financial Instruments In               
                Our Consolidated Statement Of Financial Position)                
                (Details)                                                        
59: R46         Derivative Financial Instruments (Narrative)        HTML     23K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R47         Derivative Financial Instruments (Notional Value    HTML     36K 
                Of Outstanding Cash Flow Hedge Contracts By Year                 
                Of Maturity And Net Unrealized (Loss) Gain                       
                Included In Accumulated Other Comprehensive                      
                Income) (Details)                                                
61: R48         Derivative Financial Instruments (Location And      HTML     38K 
                Amounts Of Pre-Tax Gains (Losses) On Cash Flow                   
                Hedge Derivatives Financial Instruments) (Details)               
62: R49         Derivative Financial Instruments (Other             HTML     28K 
                Derivatives) (Details)                                           
63: R50         Derivative Financial Instruments (Location And      HTML     28K 
                Amounts Of Pre-Tax Gains (Losses) On Derivative                  
                Financial Instruments Not Designated As Hedges)                  
                (Details)                                                        
64: R51         Fair Value Measurements (Financial Assets And       HTML    142K 
                (Liabilities) Measured At Fair Value On A                        
                Recurring Basis) (Details)                                       
65: R52         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     90K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                    
                (Details)                                                        
66: R53         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     34K 
67: R54         Segment Information (Revenues From External         HTML     41K 
                Customers And Segment Operating Profit) (Details)                
68: R55         Segment Information (Long-Lived Assets By           HTML     31K 
                Geographic Area) (Details)                                       
69: R56         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     26K 
72: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    139K 
70: XML         XBRL Instance -- ctsh-20220630_htm                   XML   2.96M 
71: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    122K 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ctsh-20220630_cal               XML    157K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ctsh-20220630_def                XML    562K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ctsh-20220630_lab                     XML   1.29M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ctsh-20220630_pre              XML    840K 
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