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 are also known as spans
• Nebbiolo, an Italian wine grape also known as Span

Mathematics

• Linear span, in linear algebra, the intersection of all subspaces containing a particular set of vectors
  • Span, a subset S of vectors in a vector space V is said to span the subspace W if W is the intersection of all subspaces of V that contain S
• Span (category theory), a generalization of the notion of relation between two objects of a category

Computing

• <span>, an HTML element; See span and div
• Switched Port Analyzer, Cisco implementation of port mirroring
• Span (programming language), computer programming language
• Smart phone ad hoc network, a type of smartphone mobile ad hoc network
• Span, the length of the longest inherently sequential part in a parallel algorithm; see analysis of PRAM algorithms

Other uses

• Span (band), a Norwegian rock band
• SPAN magazine, published by the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi, India
• Project MKDELTA, code-named Project SPAN
• Saudi Payments Network, a financial transaction system in Saudi Arabia
• CME SPAN (Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risk), for futures contracts
• Span Developments, a British house design and building company

See also

• Denard Span (born 1984), a baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants