HTML Tag Reference - HTML tag <acronym>
<acronym> displays a message or abbreviation.
The value of the <acronym> element's title attribute
specifies the message that will be displayed in a tooltip.
This tag is often confused with <abbr> and is not included in HTML5 as of late 2009.
Browser compatibility
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What's new in HTML5
The <acronym> tag is deprecated in HTML5. Use the <abbr> tag instead.
Global Attributes
The <acronym> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <acronym> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Default CSS Settings
None.
Example
A demo showing how to use acronym tag.
<html>
<body>
<acronym title="Hyper Text Markup Language">HTML</acronym> <br/>
<p><acronym title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</acronym>
</body>
</html>