Acronym

An acronym contains a set of initial letters from a phrase that usually form another word.
It can be used to clarify certain parts of your text or make it a bit shorter.
Examples of acronyms within phpBB are the control panels: ACP, MCP, UCP.
Not to be confused with an abbreviation.

pencil BBCode usage

[acronym={INTTEXT;optional}]{SIMPLETEXT}[/acronym]

html5 HTML replacement

<acronym title="{INTTEXT}"><xsl:value-of select="@content"/></acronym>

question Help line

Acronym: [acronym=Full form]Shortened form[/acronym]

Examples

You can add custom BBCodes through the Posting tab of your [acronym=Administration Control Panel]ACP[/acronym].

You can add custom BBCodes through the Posting tab of your ACP.

The forum software we are using is [acronym]phpBB[/acronym], 
a combination of [acronym=PHP Hypertext Preprocessor]PHP[/acronym] and [acronym=Bulletin Board]BB[/acronym].
Where PHP is even a "recursive acronym", 
as it has an acronym within the acronym: [acronym=Personal Home Page]PHP[/acronym].

The forum software we are using is phpBB, a combination of PHP and BB.
Where PHP is even a “recursive acronym”, as it has an acronym within the acronym: PHP.