In the beginning
There were BITS.
And IBM smiled on them,
And saw that they were good.
And IBM said -
"Let there be BYTES...
And WORDS...
And HALF-WORDS...
And DOUBLE-WORDS...
And BASE REGISTERS...
And HEXIDECIMAL..."
And CONFUSION covered the face
of the Earth.
And IBM smiled on it,
and saw that it was PROFITABLE.