bins of bins

Why are there so many places (usually */?bin) to store executable programs in the linux filesystem? What are these bins intended for? Here is what I have found:

/usr/bin - generally accessible programs
/bin - programs needed early in the boot process
/usr/sbin - programs reserved for the system administrator
/sbin - programs reserved for the system administrator and needed for booting

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