16 bit
<architecture, programming> Using words containing sixteen bits.
This adjective often refers to the number of bits used internally by a computer's
CPU.
E.g. "The
Intel 8086 is a sixteen bit processor".
Its external
data bus or
address bus may be narrower.
The term may also refer to the size of an instruction in the computer's
instruction set or to any other item of data.
See also
16-bit application.
