HTML <abbr>Tag


Examples

The marked abbreviations are as follows:

The<abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> was founded in 1948.

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Browser Support

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All major browsers support the <abbr> tag.

Note:IE 6 or earlier versions of IE browsers do not support the <abbr> tag.

Definition and Usage

The <abbr> tag is used to represent an abbreviation or an acronym, such as "WWW" or "NATO".

By marking up abbreviations, you can provide useful information to browsers, spell checkers, translation systems, and search engine indexers.

Tips and Notes

Tip:In some browsers, when you move your mouse over an abbreviation/acronym with an <abbr> tag, the title attribute of the <abbr> tag can be used to display the full version of the abbreviation/acronym.

Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

None.

Global Attributes

The <abbr> tag supportsHTML Global Attributes。

Event Attributes

The <abbr> tag supportsHTML Event Attributes。

Other Extensions