: The ACRONYM Element
Last updated: 2026-09-12
<acronym>The ACRONYM Element
Marks an acronym (e.g. NASA, HTML) and may give the full expansion via title. HTML5 has deprecated it—use <abbr> instead.
| Category | Text Content |
|---|---|
| Content Model | Flow content |
| Allowed Parents | Any element that accepts flow content |
| Content Tag | Yes — requires closing </acronym> tag |
| Status | Obsolete |
📝 Syntax
<acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym>⚙️ Attributes
This element supports the global attributes plus the following:
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
title | The full expansion of the acronym. |
▶ Example
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🌐 Browser Support
| Browser |  Chrome |
 Edge |
 Firefox |
 Safari |
 Opera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <acronym> | ✓ v1 | ✓ v12 | ✓ v1 | ✓ v1 | ✓ v1 |
| Supported in all major browsers | |||||
Tip： acronym is obsolete in HTML5; use <abbr> for new projects.
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