<acronym>

HTML <acronym> Tag

Deprecated: HTML5 Not Supported use <abbr> tag.

Example

<p><acronym title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</acronym></p>

Meaning

This element allows to clearly indicate a sequence of characters that composes an acronym (HTML, CSS, XML, etc).

Notes:

• Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
• Use <abbr> tag instead of <acronym> tag.

Version: HTML 4, 4.01

Standard Syntax

<acronym title="advisory text">
</acronym>

Global Attributes

<address> element also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

<address> element also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

Attributes

Related Tags

<a>,
<abbr>,
<b>,
<bdi>,
<bdo>,
<br>,
<cite>,
<code>,
<data>,
<dfn>,
<em>,
<i>,
<kbd>,
<mark>,
<q>,
<rp>,
<rt>,
<ruby>,
<s>,
<samp>,
<small>,
<span>,
<strong>,
<sub>,
<sup>,
<time>,
<u>,
<var> and
<wbr>