Talk:Page 65537/@comment-202.156.10.9-20120404080704/@comment-4878757-20120404144719

However, both are right, to quote a wikipedia article "A 16-bit integer can store 216 (or 65,536) unique values." So your equations are right and it just so happens that the bits math works through squares too. ALAKTORNs view also puts a reason behind those numbers. I'm guessing the additional unit is to kae it look interesting.