HTML Acronym Tag

The <acronym> tag is not supported in HTML5. Instead of using <acronym>, we now use the <abbr> tag for both acronyms and abbreviations.

The <acronym> tag helps you show the full form of a short word or abbreviation (acronyms) in a webpage. An acronym is a word formed by the first letters of a phrase. For example,, NASA stands for "National Aeronautics and Space Administration". The purpose of this tag was to help users understand the full form of a shortened word by hovering over it with the mouse.

Here’s why people used it:

To help readers understand the meaning of complex acronyms.
To make websites more user-friendly by offering extra help on hover.

Syntax -

<acronym title="full_text">
short_name
</acronym>

Example -

Scenario - A simple example just to understand how it worked

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<title> acronym example</title>
	</head>
	<body>
		<p><acronym title="TutorialsCampus">TC</acronym>
		 is a best online tutorials library.</p> 
	</body>
</html>

Output -

TC is a best online tutorials library.

Explaining Example -

When this code is run in a browser that supports <acronym>, the word TC will show a tooltip that says "TutorialsCampus" when you hover your mouse over it.