<acronym> Tag
The <acronym> tag is defined as acronym tag. It has both start <acronym> and end </acronym> tags. This <acronym> tag is used to define the acronyms. Acronym means the words like NATO, ASAP, NASA, etc. which are short forms but they are spoken as a word. This kind of words are known as acronyms. In this case, when you mark up the acronyms you are able to give useful information to spell checkers, translation systems, search-engine indexers and browsers. The <acronym> tag is normally supported by all the commonly used browsers like- Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.
The <acronym> tag is supported by some event and standard attributes. These attributes are-
Event attributes supported by the <acronym> tag-
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| onclick | In this case the script runs on a click of mouse |
| ondblclick | In this case the script runs on a double click of mouse |
| onmousedown | In this case the script runs when the mouse button is pressed |
| onmousemove | In this case the script runs when the mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseout | In this case the script runs when the mouse pointer moves out of an element |
| onmouseover | In this case the script runs when the mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseup | In this case the script runs when the mouse button is released |
| onkeydown | In this case the script runs when the key is pressed from the keyboard |
| onkeypress | In this case the script runs when a key is pressed and released from the keyboard |
| onkeyup | In this case the script runs when the key is released from the keyboard |
Standard attributes supported by the <acronym> tag-
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| class | It is used to specify the classname for an element |
| dir | It is used to specify the text direction of the content in an element |
| id | It is used to specify the unique id of an element |
| lang | It is used to specify the language code of the content in an element |
| style | It is used to specify an inline style of an element |
| title | It is used to specify an extra information about an element |
Example-
<html>
<body>
I am student of <acronym title="National Institute of Open Schooling"> NIOS </acronym>
</body>
</html>
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