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
Sweet Sixteen (apple) The Sweet Sixteen ripens mid- to late September. Sweet Sixteen (apple) Sweet Sixteen is a cultivar of domesticated apple. The Sweet Sixteen apple was developed, at the University of Minnesota, in 1977. The Sweet Sixteen is crisp and juicy, has an exotic yellow flesh, mixed with red. It is very sweet, with an unusual flavor of sugar cane, or spicy cherry candy. The fruit can store for 5 to 8 weeks. The Sweet Sixteen is quite vigorous. The fruit may have premature drops. Sweet Sixteen usually ripens, mid- to late September. The Sweet Sixteen is resistant to fire blight and