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|.||.|| |..|||| |.||||. ..|.|.|..|.|.|

                                    /              
                                   .      
                                  . 
                                 /
                                /
                               /
                              /

                            /
                           /
                          /
                         .
                        /
                       /
                      .

                    .
                   .
                  .
                 /
                /
               /
              /
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  • $\begingroup$ Just to add: The non-trivial knowledge required here is not strictly needed but can be advantageous for one if one knows it. $\endgroup$
    – PDT
    Commented Aug 1 at 10:52

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The answer is

7 segment

because

treat the whitespace-separated strings of |// and . as 7-bit binary to be displayed on a 7-segment display (with | and / being 1 and . being 0), then read it:
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Note that "m" has 14 characters instead of 7, which indicates it is to be read as a single letter. To visualize: First bit is A, second B, and so on:
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The ASCII-Art 7 is simultaneously a hint and part of the answer, and the word "segment" we got out of it also has 7 letters :)

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    $\begingroup$ Good stuff! That’s exactly what I had in mind! $\endgroup$
    – PDT
    Commented Aug 1 at 14:49

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