No, actually... think about it: 4 kilometres * 4 kilometres = 16 kilometres^2. So, 4kB * 4kB = 16kB^2 (where 1 square kilobyte is equal to a million square bytes, whatever that means). Simple dimensional analysis ;) Correctly, it should read: A megabyte is 1kB * 1024.
Now you're spanning dimensions, arbitrarily going from 1d to 2d. You've moved from a linear count of objects (bytes) to a 2 dimensional layout of square bytes - a thing that does not exist. You need to count the bytes not lay them out in a n x n pattern. :) We are *counting* quantity, not calculating area.
hum. The ability to arbitrarily introduce extra dimensions into linear calculations would sure come in handy. I want a Warp Drive NOW. :)
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