Amiga - a 16bit or 32bit machine?

[sim085]

Hi,

While on these forums I learnt that Amiga was a 16bit machine. However I read this on wikipedia:

"While the M68k is a 32-bit processor, the version originally used in the Amiga, the 68000, has a 16-bit external data bus so it must transfer 32 bits of data in two consecutive steps, a technique called multiplexing — all this is transparent to the software, which was 32-bit from the beginning. The original machine was generally referred to in the press as a 16-bit computer;"

So does that make Amiga a 16bit machine or a 32bit machine? Considering that the software was written as if for a 32bit machine.

Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

However was the software for all the Amigas written as if as for a 32bit machine?

[sim085]

The x86 is also a hybrid, so hybrids seem to be the norm.

Why is the x86 a hybrid? isn't it 32bit as well?

edit: ok I understand (read wiki article).