Seven-segment display letter to be unambiguous, merely for the words as a whole to be readable. Similar displays with fourteen or sixteen segments are available allowing less-ambiguous representations of the alphabet. Using a restricted range of letters that look like (upside-down) digits, seven-segment displays are commonly used by school children to form words and phrases using a technique known as "calculator spelling". Seven-segment display A seven-segment display (SSD), or seven-segment indicator, is a form of electronic display device for displaying decimal numerals that is an alternative to the more complex dot matrix displays. Seven-segment displays are widely used in digital clocks, electronic
Sixteen Acres Sixteen Acres Sixteen Acres is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of Springfield, Massachusetts, located about from Metro Center. It is Springfield's largest neighborhood, containing plus rights of way and water bodies. Principal boundaries are Watershops Pond and the North Branch of the Mill River to the north; the town of East Longmeadow to the south; Schneelock Brook to the west; and the town of Wilbraham to the east. Much of the neighborhood was constructed after World War II and is suburban in character. Sixteen Acres includes Western New England University, the SABIS International High School, Pioneer Valley Christian Academy,