Aquileo | HTML acronym Tag

The HTML <acronym> tag was used to define an acronym, providing a way to identify and explain abbreviated terms in web content. However, it's deprecated in favor of <abbr>, which serves the same purpose but is more semantically correct.

Syntax:

<acronym title=""> Short Form </acronym>

Attribute:

This tag accepts an optional attribute as mentioned above and described below:

Attribute Value	Description
title	It is used to specify extra information about the element. When the mouse moves over the element then it shows the information.

Example: In this example we uses the <acronym> tag to define abbreviations with corresponding titles for tooltips, such as "GFG" for "GeeksforGeeks" and "OS" for "Operating System".

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>
    <h2>This is HTML acronym Tag</h2>
    <acronym title="GeeksforGeeks">
        GFG
    </acronym>
    <br />
    <acronym title="Operating System">
        OS
    </acronym>
</body>

</html>

Output:

HTML-acronym-Tag — HTML acronym Tag Example Output

Supported Browser:

Google Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari

HTML acronym Tag

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