10 Phrases that we never thought we would utter

Submitted by Rick on October 25, 2007 - 10:23pm.

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I know I'm missing some awfully good phrases, but I wanted to write some of them down. Leave a comment and tell me some other strange, modern tech phrases that would be so out of place 15 years ago and before.

"How much RAM do you have in the PC?"
"Send me a text message on your cell."
"Do you have an optical or laser mouse?"
"Does this hotel have free wi-fi?"
"I need to defrag my hard drive after I run the disk cleanup."
"Did you google your that?"
"I shopped on eBay, Craig's List, Amazon, Newegg, and ecost and still can't find it."
"If you don't have an optical or laser mouse, you have to clean your mouse's ball so it runs smoothly."
"Should I buy an 8 megapixel or 10 megapixel camera?"
"Which smart phone is the best, the Treo, iPhone, Razr, or Blackberry?"

These are 10 that I came up with, but I would love to hear tech phrases that you come up with that would have sounded ludicrous in the 20th century...so leave a comment!

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tech comments

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 29, 2007 - 7:21am.

...a time when talking about files, folders and file management does not refer to your metal filing cabinet with drawers and manila paper files....and CD's are not reference to your bank investments...

New phrases

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 27, 2007 - 9:28am.

How about this one:

- "Check out my new video on (pick one: YouTube, Google Videos, etc.)"

Or -- Here's a question I just uttered a few days ago that would have seemed ludicrous even a year or two ago: "Should I be considering a 64 bit PC/OS for my next purchase so I'll be able to get past the 4 GB RAM limit in the next 2-3 years?"

Tech Phrase

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 26, 2007 - 9:45pm.

Wow! I have a new 20 MegaByte hard drive. What will I do with all that space?

Awesome...keep them coming!

Submitted by Rick on October 26, 2007 - 2:06pm.

Some great comments here already...thanks! I really like the "I pinged her..." comment and of course "Burn a cd...".

I know many more of you are as creative...add to the list and pass the link to the list on to your friends!

Modern tech phrases (cont)

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 26, 2007 - 1:31pm.

*** Just IM me the link.
*** I pinged her but haven't heard back yet.
*** Will you be streaming video with the podcast?

Modern tech phrases

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 26, 2007 - 7:45am.

"I went shopping on-line."

tech phrases

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 26, 2007 - 7:25am.

"Would you burn a CD for me?"
"My hard drive crashed."
"Just save it on your flash drive."
"What's your e-mail address?" What do you mean you don't have one?"

And this one is not exactly what you are looking for in this list, but young people today know what cutting and pasting is on the PC. I know what "real" cutting and pasting is from doing term papers on a typewriter, taking notes by hand in the library and cutting and pasting them together.