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Keysight Technologies, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 7/31/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 8/30/22, at 4:06pm ET   ·   For:  7/31/22   ·   Accession #:  1601046-22-66   ·   File #:  1-36334

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

 8/30/22  Keysight Technologies, Inc.       10-Q        7/31/22   88:10M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.31M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     76K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations      HTML    106K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive   HTML     61K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive   HTML     36K 
                Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)    HTML    142K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)    HTML     39K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows      HTML    121K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY          HTML     97K 
                Statement                                                        
19: R9          Overview, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     34K 
                Significant Accounting Policies                                  
20: R10         Revenue (Notes)                                     HTML    132K 
21: R11         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     41K 
22: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     45K 
23: R13         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     45K 
24: R14         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     69K 
25: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    100K 
26: R16         Derivatives                                         HTML     96K 
27: R17         Debt (Notes)                                        HTML     39K 
28: R18         Retirement Plans and Post Retirement Pension Plans  HTML     80K 
29: R19         Supplemental Financial Information (Notes)          HTML     76K 
30: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     30K 
31: R21         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    132K 
32: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML     80K 
33: R23         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    129K 
34: R24         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     39K 
35: R25         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     36K 
36: R26         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     44K 
37: R27         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     75K 
38: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     93K 
39: R29         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     99K 
40: R30         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     36K 
41: R31         Retirement Plans and Post Retirement Pension Plans  HTML     75K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R32         Supplemental Financial Information (Tables)         HTML     83K 
43: R33         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    127K 
44: R34         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     78K 
45: R35         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     75K 
46: R36         Revenue Contract Assets (Details)                   HTML     26K 
47: R37         REVENUE Capitalized Contractual Cost (Details)      HTML     29K 
48: R38         Revenue Contract Liabilities Roll Forward           HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R39         REVENUE Remaining performance obligations           HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R40         Share-Based Compensation (Allocation of period      HTML     34K 
                costs) (Details)                                                 
51: R41         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     40K 
52: R42         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tax incentives)          HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R43         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Income tax examination)  HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R44         Net Income Per Share Net Income Per Share           HTML     59K 
                (Computation) (Details)                                          
55: R45         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Goodwill      HTML     41K 
                Roll forward) (Details)                                          
56: R46         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Disclosures   HTML     49K 
                and Components of Purchased Other Intangibles)                   
                (Details)                                                        
57: R47         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Acquisition   HTML     31K 
                Narratives) (Details)                                            
58: R48         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Intangible    HTML     36K 
                assets narratives) (Details)                                     
59: R49         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Finite-Lived  HTML     37K 
                Assets Future Amortization Expense) (Details)                    
60: R50         Fair Value Measurements (Fair value of assets and   HTML     66K 
                liabilities measured on a recurring basis)                       
                (Details)                                                        
61: R51         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements     HTML     29K 
                (Net recognized gains losses on equity securities)               
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     34K 
63: R53         DERIVATIVES Derivative, interest rate swaps         HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         DERIVATIVES, Disclosures and derivative instrument  HTML     56K 
                aggregated notional amounts by currency and                      
                designations (Details)                                           
65: R55         DERIVATIVES, Fair value of derivative instruments   HTML     47K 
                and Consolidated Balance Sheet location (Details)                
66: R56         DERIVATIVES, Effect of derivative instruments on    HTML     60K 
                Consolidated Statement of Operations (Details)                   
67: R57         DEBT Long Term Debt (Details)                       HTML     52K 
68: R58         Debt (Short-Term Debt - Revolving Credit Facility)  HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R59         Debt Debt (Textuals) (Details)                      HTML     28K 
70: R60         Retirement Plans and Post Retirement Pension Plans  HTML     64K 
                (Net Pension and post-retirement benefit                         
                cost(Benefit) Components) (Details)                              
71: R61         Retirement Plans and Post Retirement Pension Plans  HTML     39K 
                (Contributions) (Details)                                        
72: R62         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Cash, cash      HTML     34K 
                equivalents an restricted cash reconciliation)                   
                (Details)                                                        
73: R63         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     30K 
74: R64         Property Plant and Equipment, Net (Details)         HTML     38K 
75: R65         PPE Other (Details)                                 HTML     26K 
76: R66         Lease (Details)                                     HTML     40K 
77: R67         Warranties (Details)                                HTML     43K 
78: R68         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     35K 
79: R69         Stockholders' Equity (Stock Repurchase Program)     HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R70         STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY - Accumulated Other            HTML     59K 
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
81: R71         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Reclassifications out of     HTML     61K 
                accumulated comprehensive income (Details)                       
82: R72         SEGMENT INFORMATION Profitability (Details)         HTML     50K 
83: R73         SEGMENT INFORMATION Reconciliation of Reportable    HTML     51K 
                Results (Details)                                                
86: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    162K 
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