16 bit

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The term "16 bit" is used in the discussion of digital technology to describe a digital word with a wordlength of 16 bits.

In digital audio, 16 bit is wordlength of the digital audio information and is directly related to its resolution in the amplitude domain or the signal-to-noise ratio.