HTML Tag: abbr

Abbreviation. The HTML <abbr> tag is used for indicating an abbreviation.

This tag is often used in conjunction with the global title attribute in order to provide an expansion of the abbreviation. When this attribute is specified, it should only contain an expansion of the abbreviation and nothing else.

By marking up abbreviations you can give useful information to browsers, spell checkers, translation systems and search-engine indexers.

Required Attributes

  • None.

Optional Attributes

  • Global title attribute is recommended to specify the whole word or phrase that the abbreviation is referring to
  • Common attributes

Example

The <abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> tag.

Changes in HTML5

  • None.

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