Sixteen-segment display Sixteen-segment display A sixteen-segment display (SISD) is a type of display based on 16 segments that can be turned on or off according to the graphic pattern to be produced. It is an extension of the more common seven-segment display, adding four diagonal and two vertical segments and splitting the three horizontal segments in half. Other variants include the fourteen-segment display which does not split the top or bottom horizontal segments, and the twenty two-segment display that allows lower-case characters with descenders. Often a character generator is used to translate 7-bit ASCII character codes to the 16 bits that indicate
Sixteen characteristics practice is emphasized in the Tibetan tradition. These sixteen characteristics are identified as follows: These characteristics refer to the five aggregates These characteristics refer to karma, kleshas, and avidya (ignorance) These characteristics refer to cessation These characteristics refer to the path Sixteen characteristics The sixteen characteristics are an extended elaboration of the Four Noble Truths. For each truth, they describe four characteristics. The Tibetan tradition emphasizes the study of the sixteen characteristics of the Four Noble Truths, as described in the "Abhisamayalamkara". The Mahayana text "Ornament of Clear Realization (Abhisamayalamkara)" identifies four characteristics of each truth, for a total of