<s>
An	O
eight-segment	B-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
display	O
based	O
on	O
eight	O
segments	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
turned	O
on	O
or	O
off	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
font	O
pattern	O
to	O
be	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
nine-segment	B-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
whose	O
middle	O
vertical	O
bars	O
are	O
vertical	O
,	O
except	O
that	O
on	O
an	O
eight-segment	B-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
bars	O
F	O
and	O
G	O
are	O
merged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
application	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
Sharp	B-Device
EL-8	I-Device
,	O
an	O
early	O
electronic	O
calculator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eight-segment	B-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
produces	O
more	O
rounded	O
digits	O
than	O
a	O
seven-segment	B-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
,	O
yielding	O
a	O
more	O
"	O
script-like	O
"	O
output	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
trade-off	O
that	O
fewer	O
possible	O
alphabetic	O
characters	O
can	O
be	O
displayed	O
because	O
the	O
bars	O
F	O
and	O
G	O
are	O
merged	O
(	O
see	O
table	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
eight	B-General_Concept
segment	I-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
can	O
sometimes	O
display	O
alphabetic	O
characters	O
with	O
less	O
readability	O
because	O
the	O
segments	O
F	O
and	O
G	O
are	O
combined	O
and	O
the	O
corners	O
are	O
rounded	O
.	O
</s>
