HTML <acronym> Tag

Deprecated: HTML5 Not Supported use <abbr> tag.

<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>

Browser Support

Status

Global Attributes

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

Event Attributes

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

Attributes