HyperText Markup Language/Tag List/acronym

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Contents 1 Use 2 Example 3 Required attributes 3.1 title 4 Standard attributes 4.1 title 5 More info

[edit] Use

Use when dealing with an acronym in a webpage. NOTE: Most HTML coders use the abbr tag.

[edit] Example

<p>This is a <acronym title="Light Amplifaction By Stimulated Emission of Radiation">
laser</acronym>, it is used alot in Medicine these days</p>

[edit] Required attributes

[edit] title

Use this when you want the meaning of the acronym to be displayed when the mouse hvrs over the word.

[edit] Standard attributes

[edit] title

[edit] More info

A link to a page with more info, then the name of the site the info came from (i.e. W3Schools).