depends on your processor type and the workload on it.
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As quoted from Google Books, "Word size refers to the number of bits that a microprocessor can manipulate at one time."
Parallelism
8 bits totals one byte where one byte is roughly a single character such as 'A' or '1'
A binary number containing eight bits is referred to as one "Byte". A binary number containing four bits is referred to as one "Nibble".
log2 200 = ln 200 ÷ ln 2 = 7.6... → need 8 bits. If a signed number is being stored, then 9 bits would be needed as one would be needed to indicate the sign of the number.