Span

Span may refer to:

Science, technology and engineering edit

Span (unit), the width of a human hand
Span (engineering), a section between two intermediate supports
Wingspan, the distance between the wingtips of a bird or aircraft
Sorbitan esters, also known as a spans
Nebbiolo, an Italian wine grape also known as Span

Mathematics edit

Linear span, or simply span, in linear algebra
Span (category theory)

Computing edit

<span>, an HTML element; See span and div
Switched Port Analyzer, Cisco implementation of port mirroring
Smartphone ad hoc network
Critical path length in analysis of parallel algorithms

Other uses edit

Span (band), a Norwegian rock band
SPAN magazine, a publication of the US Embassy, New Delhi, India; see former editor V. D. Trivadi
Saudi Payments Network
CME SPAN, Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risk, for futures contracts
Span Developments, former UK builder

People edit

Denard Span (born 1984), a baseball outfielder
Henrik Span Danish shipbuilder and admiral (1634–1694)
Span., taxonomic author abbreviation of Johan Baptist Spanoghe (1798–1838), Dutch botanical collector

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