HTML <acronym> Tag Not Supported in HTML5
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Description
The <acronym> element defines an acronym. It is used to indicate a sequence of characters that is made up of the first letters of the words of a phrase such as 'WWW', 'HTML', etc.
The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.
| Placement: | Inline |
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| Content: | Inline and text |
| Start/End Tag: | Start tag: required, End tag: required |
| Version: | HTML 4, 4.01 |
Warning: Do not use this tag since it is a non-standard tag and has been deprecated in HTML 4.01 and obsolete since HTML5. Use the <abbr> tag instead.
Syntax
The basic syntax of the <acronym> tag is given with:
HTML / XHTML: <acronym title="string"> ... </acronym>
The example below shows the <acronym> tag in action.
Example
Try this code »<p>The <acronym title="Hyper Text Markup Language">HTML</acronym> is the publishing language of the World Wide Web.</p>Tag-Specific Attributes
The <acronym> tag doesn't have any specific attribute.
Browser Compatibility
The <acronym> tag is supported in all major modern browsers.
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Basic Support—
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Further Reading
See tutorial on: HTML Text Formatting.
Related tag: <abbr>.
