HTML acronym Tag

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2022

HTML <acronym> tag (Not supported in HTML5)

HTML <acronym> tag is used with title attribute to contain a full explanation of an acronym content. When you hover the mouse on content, then it will show the explanation of word.

Note: The <acronym> tag has been depreciated in HTML5 and we can use <abbr> tag instead of <acronym>.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the HTML <acronym> tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both Start tag and End tag
Usage	Semantic/Textual

Example

  <!DOCTYPE html>   <html>   <head>  <title>Acronym tag</title>   </head>    <body>     <h2>Acronym tag Example</h2>     <acronym title=”Indian Space Research Organisation”>ISRO</acronym>    </body>  </html>  

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Difference between <acronym> and <abbr> tag

Although <acronym> tag is not supported by HTML5 but instead of that we can use <abbr> tag and we will get the same result using both tag.

Example

  <!DOCTYPE html>   <html>    <head>     </head>    <body>     <h2>Acronym and Abbreviation Example</h2>     <acronym title=”Indian Space Research Organisation”>ISRO</acronym>     <abbr title=”National Aeronautics and Space Administration”>NASA</abbr>    </body>  </html>  

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Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<acronym>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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HTML <acronym> tag (Not supported in HTML5)

Note: The <acronym> tag has been depreciated in HTML5 and we can use <abbr> tag instead of <acronym>.

Syntax

Example

Difference between <acronym> and <abbr> tag

Example

Supporting Browsers

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