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<p>A <b>nine-segment display</b> is a type of display based on nine segments that can be turned on or off according to the graphic pattern to be produced. It is an extension of the more common <a href="Seven-segment_display" title="Seven-segment display">seven-segment display</a>, having an additional two diagonal or vertical segments (one between the top and the middle, and the other between the bottom and the horizontal segments). It provides an efficient method of displaying alphanumeric characters.
</p><p>The letters displayed by a nine-segment display are not consistently uppercase or lowercase in shape. A common compromise is to use a lower-case "n" instead of "N". Depending on the design of the display segments, the use of the extra two segments may be avoided whenever possible, as in the Nixxo X-Page "tall" lowercase "r" and "y".
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<p>In some Soviet digital calculators of the 1970s, such as the <a href="Elektronika" title="Elektronika">Elektronika</a> 4-71b, 9-segment displays were used to provide basic alphanumerics and avoid confusions with representing numbers in <a href="Postal_codes_in_Russia" title="Postal codes in Russia">Soviet postcodes</a>.
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<p>The extra two bars were slanted forward, allowing for an appropriate-looking <a href="I_(Cyrillic)" title="I (Cyrillic)">И</a>, and to differentiate the numeral 3
from <a href="Ze_(Cyrillic)" title="Ze (Cyrillic)">the letter З</a>. The <a href="Sharp_Corporation" title="Sharp Corporation">Sharp</a> Compet calculator also uses a 9-segment display, allowing a small range of characters and symbols to be used.
</p><p>Nine-segment displays are used in many <a href="Timex_Group_USA" title="Timex Group USA">Timex</a> <a href="Digital_watch" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital watch">digital watches</a>, and some <a href="Pager" title="Pager">pagers</a>, such as the Nixxo XPage,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Arch BR502 pager,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Scope Geo N8T.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are also used in some Epson Stylus printers, and Newport iSeries digital meters.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The display used in the iSeries is unique in that it has a vertical extra segment at top, and a fully backwards-leaning slant for the extra segment at bottom. This allows for a somewhat more natural-appearing R and M.
</p><p>A nine-segment display has been developed for displaying <a href="Bengali_numerals" title="Bengali numerals">Bengali</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman</a> <a href="Numeral_system" title="Numeral system">numerals</a>.
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<ul><li><a href="Seven-segment_display" title="Seven-segment display">Seven-segment display</a></li>
<li><a href="Eight-segment_display" title="Eight-segment display">Eight-segment display</a></li>
<li><a href="Fourteen-segment_display" title="Fourteen-segment display">Fourteen-segment display</a></li>
<li><a href="Sixteen-segment_display" title="Sixteen-segment display">Sixteen-segment display</a></li>
<li><a href="Dot_matrix_display" class="mw-redirect" title="Dot matrix display">Dot matrix display</a></li>
<li><a href="Nixie_tube" title="Nixie tube">Nixie tube</a> display</li>
<li><a href="Vacuum_fluorescent_display" title="Vacuum fluorescent display">Vacuum fluorescent display</a></li></ul>
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</style><div id="Display_technology191" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Display_device" title="Display device">Display technology</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Display_device#video_display" title="Display device">Video displays</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Past<br>generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Eidophor" title="Eidophor">Eidophor</a></li>
<li><a href="Cathode-ray_tube" title="Cathode-ray tube">Cathode-ray tube</a> (CRT)</li>
<li><a href="Jumbotron" title="Jumbotron">Jumbotron</a></li>
<li><a href="Electroluminescent_display" title="Electroluminescent display">Electroluminescent display</a> (ELD)</li>
<li><a href="Rear-projection_television" title="Rear-projection television">Rear-projection display</a></li>
<li><a href="Plasma_display" title="Plasma display">Plasma display panel</a> (PDP)
<ul><li><a href="Alternate_lighting_of_surfaces" title="Alternate lighting of surfaces">ALiS</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Current <br>generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Quantum_dot_display" title="Quantum dot display">Quantum dot display</a> (QLED)</li>
<li><a href="Electronic_paper" title="Electronic paper">Electronic paper</a>
<ul><li><a href="E_Ink" title="E Ink">E Ink</a></li>
<li><a href="Gyricon" title="Gyricon">Gyricon</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="LED_display" title="LED display">Light-emitting diode display</a> (LED)
<ul><li><a href="OLED" title="OLED">Organic light-emitting diode</a> (OLED)
<ul><li><a href="AMOLED" title="AMOLED">Active-Matrix Organic light-emitting diode</a> (AMOLED)</li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Liquid-crystal_display" title="Liquid-crystal display">Liquid-crystal display</a> (LCD)
<ul><li><a href="TFT_LCD" title="TFT LCD">TFT</a>
<ul><li><a href="Twisted_nematic_field_effect" title="Twisted nematic field effect">TN</a></li>
<li><a href="IPS_panel" title="IPS panel">IPS</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="LED-backlit_LCD" title="LED-backlit LCD">LED-backlit</a></li>
<li><a href="Blue_phase_mode_LCD" title="Blue phase mode LCD">Blue Phase</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Digital_light_processing" title="Digital light processing">Digital light processing</a> (DLP)</li>
<li><a href="Liquid_crystal_on_silicon" title="Liquid crystal on silicon">Liquid crystal on silicon</a> (LCoS)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="Next_generation_of_display_technology" title="Next generation of display technology">Next <br>generation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="MicroLED" title="MicroLED">microLED</a></li>
<li><a href="Quantum_dot_display#Self-emissive_quantum_dot_diodes" title="Quantum dot display">Electroluminescent Quantum Dots</a> (ELQD/QD-LED)</li>
<li><a href="Organic_light-emitting_transistor" title="Organic light-emitting transistor">Organic light-emitting transistor</a> (OLET)</li>
<li><a href="Surface-conduction_electron-emitter_display" title="Surface-conduction electron-emitter display">Surface-conduction electron-emitter display</a> (SED)</li>
<li><a href="Field-emission_display" title="Field-emission display">Field-emission display</a> (FED)</li>
<li><a href="Laser_TV" title="Laser TV">Laser TV</a>
<ul><li><a href="Quantum_dot_laser" title="Quantum dot laser">Quantum dot</a></li>
<li><a href="Liquid-crystal_laser" title="Liquid-crystal laser">Liquid crystal</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Microelectromechanical_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Microelectromechanical systems">MEMS</a> display
<ul><li><a href="Interferometric_modulator_display" title="Interferometric modulator display">IMoD</a></li>
<li><a href="Time-multiplexed_optical_shutter" title="Time-multiplexed optical shutter">TMOS</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Ferroelectric_liquid_crystal_display" title="Ferroelectric liquid crystal display">Ferroelectric liquid crystal display</a> (FLCD)</li>
<li><a href="Thick-film_dielectric_electroluminescent_technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Thick-film dielectric electroluminescent technology">Thick-film dielectric electroluminescent technology</a> (TDEL)</li>
<li><a href="Laser-powered_phosphor_display" title="Laser-powered phosphor display">Laser-powered phosphor display</a> (LPD)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Electromechanics" title="Electromechanics">Electromechanical</a>
<ul><li><a href="Flip-disc_display" title="Flip-disc display">Flip-dot</a></li>
<li><a href="Split-flap_display" title="Split-flap display">Split-flap</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Text_display#Eggcrate_displays" title="Text display">Eggcrate</a></li>
<li><a href="Fiber-optic_display" title="Fiber-optic display">Fiber-optic</a></li>
<li><a href="Nixie_tube" title="Nixie tube">Nixie tube</a></li>
<li><a href="Vacuum_fluorescent_display" title="Vacuum fluorescent display">Vacuum fluorescent display</a> (VFD)</li>
<li><a href="Light-emitting_electrochemical_cell" title="Light-emitting electrochemical cell">Light-emitting electrochemical cell</a> (LEC)</li>
<li><a href="Lightguide_display" title="Lightguide display">Lightguide display</a></li>
<li><a href="Dot-matrix_display" title="Dot-matrix display">Dot-matrix display</a></li>
<li><a href="Seven-segment_display" title="Seven-segment display">Seven-segment display</a> (SSD)</li>
<li><a href="Eight-segment_display" title="Eight-segment display">Eight-segment display</a></li>

<li><a href="Fourteen-segment_display" title="Fourteen-segment display">Fourteen-segment display</a> (FSD)</li>
<li><a href="Sixteen-segment_display" title="Sixteen-segment display">Sixteen-segment display</a> (SISD)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="3D_display" title="3D display">3D display</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Stereoscopy" title="Stereoscopy">Stereoscopic</a></li>
<li><a href="Autostereoscopy" title="Autostereoscopy">Autostereoscopic</a></li>
<li><a href="Multiscopy" title="Multiscopy">Multiscopic</a></li>
<li><a href="Holography" title="Holography">Hologram</a>
<ul><li><a href="Holographic_display" title="Holographic display">Holographic display</a></li>
<li><a href="Computer-generated_holography" title="Computer-generated holography">Computer-generated holography</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Volumetric_display" title="Volumetric display">Volumetric</a></li>
<li><a href="Fog_display" title="Fog display">Fog display</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Static media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Monoscope" title="Monoscope">Monoscope</a></li>
<li><a href="Movie_projector" title="Movie projector">Movie projector</a></li>
<li><a href="Neon_sign" title="Neon sign">Neon sign</a></li>
<li><a href="Slide_projector" title="Slide projector">Slide projector</a></li>
<li><a href="Transparency_(projection)" title="Transparency (projection)">Transparency</a></li>
<li><a href="Laser_lighting_display" title="Laser lighting display">Laser beam</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Display capabilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Extended_Display_Identification_Data" title="Extended Display Identification Data">EDID</a>
<ul><li><a href="CEA-861" class="mw-redirect" title="CEA-861">CEA-861</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="DisplayID" title="DisplayID">DisplayID</a></li>
<li><a href="Always-on_display" title="Always-on display">Always-on display</a></li>
<li><a href="See-through_display" title="See-through display">See-through display</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Scan_line" title="Scan line">Scan line</a></li>
<li><a href="History_of_display_technology" title="History of display technology">History of display technology</a></li>
<li><a href="Large-screen_television_technology" title="Large-screen television technology">Large-screen television technology</a></li>
<li><a href="Optimum_HDTV_viewing_distance" title="Optimum HDTV viewing distance">Optimum HDTV viewing distance</a></li>
<li><a href="High-dynamic-range_television" title="High-dynamic-range television">High Dynamic Range</a> (HDR)</li>
<li><a href="Color_Light_Output" title="Color Light Output">Color Light Output</a></li>
<li><a href="Flexible_display" title="Flexible display">Flexible display</a></li>
<li><a href="Comparison_of_CRT%2C_LCD%2C_plasma%2C_and_OLED_displays" title="Comparison of CRT, LCD, plasma, and OLED displays">Comparison of CRT, LCD, plasma, and OLED displays</a></li></ul>
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