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Re:Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Working on a Secret Militar... by ziddoap on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @04:28PM (#38932352)
Apparently it's the French term for NATO ("Organisation du Traité de l’Atlantique Nord"), directly translating to "North Atlantic Treaty Organization". At least according to some random website I found after a search.

I wish there was a rule that forced people to spell out an acronym the first time they use it, regardless of how much they think the acronym is common knowledge.

Re:Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Working on a Secret Militar... by subandi on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @04:35PM (#38932433)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO

It kinda is common knowledge though, the French version is right on the official flag and displayed all the time.

Re:Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Working on a Secret Militar... by ziddoap on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @04:58PM (#38932770)
I don't have the flag memorized, and wouldn't know to look at the flag unless I already knew what the acronym was.
Re:Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Working on a Secret Militar... by jorvi on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @04:41PM (#38932537)
Given by the confusion in this thread and it being literally the first time I have ever read of heard of the acronym “OTAN”, I’d go with not-so-common knowledge :)