HTML <acronym> tag

The <acronym> tag gives the acronym or full form of a short text by associating with the title attribute just like in <acronym> tag.
Type: Inline Element

Example of <acronym>

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

Output on the browser

CSS

Here, if you hover over the "CSS", a small box will pop-up near CSS showing the acronym or full text description we have written (here, Cascading Style Sheets).

Supported Browsers

Tag	Chrome	Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Opera Mini
<acronym>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Full code example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p>
<acronym title="Cascading Style Sheets"> CSS </acronym> can be used in designing layout.
</p>
</body>
</html>

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Output on the browser

CSS can be used in designing layout.

More reference

You may come across the fact that the <abbr> tag and <acronym> tag perform the same function of providing the full text description.
Although the <acronym> tag is supported in almost all browsers, it is highly recommended not to use the <acronym> tag since it is outdated in modern HTML.

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