Name

<abbr> — NN: 2, 3, 4 - MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 - HTML 4 - WebTV - Opera3

Synopsis

                        <abbr>...</abbr>
                     

Identifies the enclosed text as an abbreviation. It has no inherent effect on text display, but can be used as an element selector in a style sheet.

Attributes

title= string

Provides the full expression for the abbreviation. This may be useful for non-visual browsers and search engines.

Example

<ABBR TITLE="Massachusetts">Mass.</ABBR>

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