Acronym. Defines an element that is made up of the first letters of the words of a phrase such as 'CSS'.

The title attribute is generally used to specify the whole word or phrase that the acronym is referring to.

An acronym is also an abbreviation, but an abbreviation is not necessarily an acronym.

Required Attributes

  • None.

Optional Attributes

  • Global title is generally used to specify the whole word or phrase that the acronym is referring to
  • Common attributes

Example

<acronym title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</acronym>

Changes in HTML5

  • None.

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