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
He Would Be Sixteen He Would Be Sixteen "He Would Be Sixteen" is a song written by Jill Colucci, Charlie Black and Austin Roberts, and recorded by Canadian country music artist Michelle Wright. It was released in October 1992 as the third single from her third studio album, "Now and Then". It peaked at number 3 on the "RPM" Country Tracks chart in January 1993. The song is a ballad about a woman who has put her son up for adoption, and wonders what the son is doing now. Wright said in "A Year in the Life" that she did not identify with the