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HTML <abbr> tag

HTML <abbr> tag is used to represent an acronym or abbreviation of a longer word or phrase, such as www, HTML, HTTP, etc. The content written between <abbr> tags renders with dotted underline in some browser.

This tag can be used with "title" attribute (optional), and the value of title attribute will be pop-up when the mouse hovers over the content written between <abbr> tag.

Syntax

<abbr title="HyperText Markup language">HTML</abbr>

Following are some specifications about the HTML <abbr> tag

Display Inline
Start tag/End tag Both Start tag and End tag
Usage Semantic/Textual

Example

With title Attribute:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
	<title>Abbreviation Tag</title>
   </head>
 <body>
	<h2>Abbreviation tag example</h2>
	<p><b>Hover mouse over the content and see the abbreviation</b></p>
               <abbr title="Hyper Text Transfer protocol">HTTP</abbr>
    </body>
</html>
Test it Now

Example

Without title Attribute:

<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
	<title>Abbreviation tag</title>
 </head>
  <body>
   <h2>Abbreviation tag Example</h2>
   <p><abbr>CPU</abbr> is brain of a Computer</p>
  </body>
</html>
Test it Now

Global attributes:

The <abbr> tag supports the global attributes.

Event Attributes:

The <abbr> tag supports the event attributes.

Supporting Browsers

Elementchrome browser Chromeie browser IEfirefox browser Firefoxopera browser Operasafari browser Safari
<abbr>YesYesYesYesYes
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