What do you mean by an 8-bit microprocessor? Is it possible to perform 16-bit operations in an 8-bit microprocessor? Explain with an example.

What do you mean by an 8-bit microprocessor? Is it possible to perform

1.	What do you mean by an 8-bit microprocessor? Is it possible to perform 16-bit operations in an 8-bit microprocessor? Explain with an example.
Answer» Procedure of performing sub-calculations BELONG to the programming language. E.g. I use assembler for the 24bit fixed point processor DSP56311from Motorola/Freescale. And even you have 24bits available for the registers you can perform a double precision multiplication (48bit * 48bit). The result will be 96bits wide. EXPLANATION can be found e.g. in the family MANUAL of your processor. In C-code you might find special LIBRARIES for that purpose.