Why is a bit, called a bit. Why is a 8-bits a Byte? What made people call a 16-bits a Word, and so on. Where and why did their alias come about?

I would love other people to include things like basic [ASM](http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/AoA/Windows/HTML/DataRepresentationa2.html) types, then branch out to [C/C++](http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/variables/) and move on to [SQL](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/data-types.html) and the like's datatypes.

1. 1-Bit
	1. [Bit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit) - **b**inary Un**it**
	2. Bool - Named after the inventor of boolen logic George [Boole](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boole).
2. 4-Bits
	1. Nibble - Half the size of bite/byte.
3. 8-Bits
	1. Byte - [Coined from "bite" but respelled to avoid accidental mutation to "bit"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte).
	2. Char
	3. Octet - [Is a grouping of eight bits](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_%28computing%29), [from the Latin "octo" meaning "eight".](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October)
4. 16-Bits
	1. Word (unsigned integer)
	2. short (signed integer)
5. 32-Bits
	1. Double Word
	2. int (signed integers)
	3. unsigned (unsigned integer)
	4. float (4-byte float)