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  1. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
  2.    "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
  3. <html lang=en>
  4. <head>
  5. <title>ACRONYM - Acronym</title>
  6. <link rev=Made href="mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com">
  7. <link rel=Start href="../index.html">
  8. <link rel=Glossary href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/glossary/glossary.html">
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  10. <link rel=StyleSheet href="../style.css" type="text/css">
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  12. <meta name="author" content="Liam Quinn">
  13. <meta name="description" content="A description of HTML 4.0's ACRONYM element for acronyms.">
  14. <meta name="keywords" content="acronym element, acronyms, HyperText Markup Language, HTML, HTML4, HTML 4.0, Web Design Group, WDG, <acronym> tag">
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  18. <h1>ACRONYM - Acronym</h1>
  19. <table>
  20.   <tr valign=top>
  21.     <th>Syntax</th>
  22.     <td><strong class=required><ACRONYM></strong>...<strong class=required></ACRONYM></strong></td>
  23.   </tr>
  24.   <tr valign=top>
  25.     <th>Attribute Specifications</th>
  26.     <td>
  27.       <ul>
  28.         <li><a href="../attrs.html">common attributes</a></li>
  29.       </ul>
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  31.   </tr>
  32.   <tr valign=top>
  33.     <th>Contents</th>
  34.     <td><a href="../inline.html">Inline elements</a></td>
  35.   </tr>
  36.   <tr valign=top>
  37.     <th>Contained in</th>
  38.     <td><a href="../inline.html">Inline elements</a>, <a href="../block.html">block-level elements</a></td>
  39.   </tr>
  40. </table>
  41. <p>The <strong class=html>ACRONYM</strong> element is used to markup <em>acronyms</em>. The <strong class=html><a href="../attrs.html#title">TITLE</a></strong> attribute is useful in conjunction with <strong class=html>ACRONYM</strong> to give the long form of the acronym, allowing visual browsers to provide the long form as a "tooltip". Examples:</p>
  42. <ul class=example>
  43.   <li><code class=html><ACRONYM TITLE="North Atlantic Treaty Organization">NATO</ACRONYM></code></li>
  44.   <li><code class=html><ACRONYM TITLE="radio detecting and ranging">radar</ACRONYM></code></li>
  45.   <li><code class=html><ABBR TITLE="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</ABBR></code></li>
  46. </ul>
  47. <p>Unlike other kinds of <a href="abbr.html">abbreviations</a>, acronyms are pronounceable words, though in some cases the pronunciation is strictly a presentation issue. For example, "<abbr class=initialism title="Structured Query Language">SQL</abbr>" and "<abbr class=initialism title="Uniform Resource Locator">URL</abbr>" are pronounced as words by some people and pronounced letter-by-letter by others. In such cases, authors should use the <strong class=html><a href="abbr.html">ABBR</a></strong> element, possibly with a style sheet rule specifying the pronunciation for aural rendering.</p>
  48. <h2>More Information</h2>
  49. <ul>
  50.   <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/text.html#edef-ACRONYM">ACRONYM in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTMLá4.0 Recommendation</a></li>
  51. </ul>
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  53. <address>Maintained by <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/">Liam Quinn</a> <<a href="mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com">liam@htmlhelp.com</a>></address>
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  55. <p class=copyright><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html">Copyright ⌐</a> 1998 Liam Quinn. All rights reserved.</p>
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