HyperText Markup Language/Tag List/acronym

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Use[edit | edit source]

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

Example[edit | edit source]

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

Required attributes[edit | edit source]

title[edit | edit source]

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

Standard attributes[edit | edit source]

More info[edit | edit source]

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