Span

Span may refer to:

Science, technology and engineering

 * 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

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

Computing

 * , 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

 * Span (band), a Norwegian rock band
 * Span (design firm), an American design studio
 * 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

 * 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