Paul McCartney recently said the title of his new CD, "Memory Almost Full," was taken from a phrase he saw on his cell phone. He said he saw the phrase as symbolic of how we are today: "Your messages are always full. And your mind is full. And it doesn't matter if you're my age or 20. I think that we all need to delete stuff every so often," said the Sir.

Hmm. I can see deleting stuff from your hard drive, but deleting stuff from your mind? I thought we wanted to avoid doing that. But I guess I know what McCartney means. In fact, he made me think of other electronics-driven "words to live by."

"Your anti-virus software may be out of date."

Yup, it's definitely time to start thinking about that flu shot.

"Do you really want to quit?"

It applies to closing out of an application, and it applies to closing out of the tough things in life. Do you really want to quit that exercise program? (Well, kind of.)

"Message sent"

My point was made (whether it was taken is another story).

"Check Your Rights"

This is the message you see when you are denied access to a particular application. But, in the current world climate, it could mean standing up for your rights, abdicating your rights or slamming into your rights.

"Bad Command"

You can apply "bad command" to so many things: your (not my--heh heh) boss's latest directive, telling your dog to "attack" instead of "heel" or our country's current leadership, some would say. But I myself recently uttered "bad command," or words to that effect, while trying to follow MapQuest's directions to "take slight right" in a congested and unfamiliar urban setting. (I stopped and asked for directions instead. I've got to get me a GPS!)

"Required Field"

Well, as I'm writing this from the Boston area on the day of the first game of the World Series, this can only mean Fenway Park!

I'm sure if I thought about it I could come up with more. And there are a couple that came to mind that I thought were better left off the list. How about you? Have any recent computer terms found their way into your lexicon?