The world of technology is littered with three-letter-acronyms and other abbreviations. Rather than provide the full term in brackets after an abbreviation, the option to use the <abbr> tag should be used in HTML5.
The following HTML:
<p>The <abbr title="Practical Assessment Task">PAT</abbr> is a crucial part of the <abbr title="Computer Applications Technology">CAT</abbr> curriculum.</p>
results in the following on a webpage:
The PAT is a crucial part of the CAT curriculum.
The value provided for the title attribute of the tag will appear as a screen-tip when the user hovers over the tagged abbreviation in a browser.
The <abbr> tag is not in the CAT curriculum and should score you an extra mark if you use it correctly in the Phase 3 HTML website section.
References:
- HTML abbr tag (2023). Available at: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_abbr.asp (Accessed: 12 July 2023).