"SPAN" meaning in English

See SPAN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} SPAN
  1. Acronym of Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network
    Sense id: en-SPAN-en-name-RIOYUCgR
  2. (computing) Acronym of Switched Port Analyzer, a Cisco technology Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Switched Port Analyzer (extra: a Cisco technology) Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-SPAN-en-name-uLTbAOiu Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-27 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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