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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