Talk:Page 65537/@comment-202.156.10.9-20120404080704/@comment-14865408-20130830042220

There is no reason that the name should point to computing bits - the creators may just have been fascinated with powers of 2.

Also, ignoring the +1 on each number, you'll find that they're not simply powers of 2, but that each increment is the square of the previous. 16^2=256 256^2=65536