Why 8085 is called 8-bit processor and why 8086 is called 16-bit?

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The 8086/8088 processor is called a 16 bit processor because its basic architecture is 16 bits wide. Its registers and accumulator are 16 bits wide, and the primary data it manipulates without extra work is 16 bits wide.

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