The 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit specifications are the computer's internal word size, which is the amount of data the processor can hold in its registers and work on at the same time. Large scale supercomputers hold 64-bits. All things being equal, a 16-bit computer works twice as fast as an 8-bit computer; however, this specification measures only one aspect of a computer's performance.
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