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HTML 4.01 Element Reference

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Name: Acronym

<acronym> ... </acronym>

Description: Indicates the highlighted word is an acronym.

Browser Compatibility: NN: 6.2+ / IE: 4.0+

Attributes:
  • class
  • dir
  • id
  • lang
  • onclick
  • ondblclick
  • onkeydown
  • onkeypress
  • onkeyup
  • onmousedown
  • onmousemove
  • onmouseout
  • onmouseover
  • onmouseup
  • style
  • title

Code Example:

<acronym title="Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code">BASIC</acronym>

Comments: An abbreviation is (usually) made up of the first letter of a series of words, e.g., HTML. An acronym is an abbreviation of several words in such a way that the abbreviation itself forms a word, e.g., NASA, BASIC.

Note: According to the W3C recommendations, neither the abbreviation nor the acronym elements are to be used for "tool tips".




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Created: March 15, 2005

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