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 <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 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 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