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		otterley on July 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Canada Has No Big Tech Companies Trivia: VISA is in fact a recursive acronym, much like GNU: Visa International Service Associaton.

foobarbazqux on July 21, 2013 [–]

Actually a recursive backronym, according to Wikipedia, but unfortunately {{citation needed}}.

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