HTML <dfn> Tag
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Description
The <dfn> (short for definition) tag represents the defining instance of a term.
The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.
| Placement: | Inline |
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| Content: | Inline and text |
| Start/End Tag: | Start tag: required, End tag: required |
| Version: | HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5 |
Syntax
The basic syntax of the <dfn> tag is given with:
HTML / XHTML: <dfn> ... </dfn>
The example below shows the <dfn> tag in action.
Example
Try this code »<p>The <dfn title="Hyper Text Markup Language">HTML</dfn> is the publishing language of the World Wide Web.</p>Tag-Specific Attributes
The <dfn> tag doesn't have any specific attribute.
Global Attributes
Like all other HTML tags, the <dfn> tag supports the global attributes in HTML5.
Event Attributes
The <dfn> tag also supports the event attributes in HTML5.
Browser Compatibility
The <dfn> tag is supported in all major modern browsers.
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Basic Support—
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Further Reading
See tutorial on: HTML Text Formatting.
