HTML acronym Tag

HTML acronym: Main Tips

• HTML <acronym> element marked a specific sequence of letters or characters as an acronym.
• By adding the title attribute to the opening <acronym> tag in HTML, an explanation was related to the acronym.
• You should not use the deprecated <acronym> element. Apply <abbr> instead.

Theory is great, but we recommend digging deeper!

HTML Coding For Beginners Course: Learn HTML in 1 Hour

John Bura

4.2 (302)

How acronym Was Used

HTML <acronym> element defined acronyms by leaving a special marking on them. The title attribute provided full-text explanation.

I'm going to <acronym title="Be Right Back">brb</acronym>

Warning: the HTML <acronym> is deprecated and should no longer be used.

Browser support

Chrome

All

Edge

All

Firefox

All

IE

All

Opera

All

Safari

All

Mobile browser support

Chrome

All

Firefox

All

Opera

All

Safari

All