Why address capability of 8085 is 64 bit?

The 8085 microprocessor has a 16-bit address bus, allowing it to address a maximum of (2^{16}) memory locations, which equals 65,536 bytes or 64 KB of memory. This limitation is due to the architecture of the 8085, where each address corresponds to a unique byte in memory. Therefore, while the term "64-bit" may be misleading in this context, it actually refers to the maximum addressable memory space rather than a true 64-bit capability.