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HTML5 <abbr> Tag

Example

An abbreviation is marked up as follows:

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

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Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The <abbr> tag is supported in all major browsers.


Definition and Usage

The <abbr> tag indicates an abbreviation or an acronym, like "WWW" or "NATO".

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


Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

NONE


Tips and Notes

Tip: The global title attribute is used in the <abbr> tag, to show the full version of the abbreviation/acronym when you mouse over the <abbr> element.


Global Attributes

The <abbr> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5.


Event Attributes

The <abbr> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5.


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