The <span> tag on its own doesn't represent anything or give the content inside it any special meaning. This element is a generic inline container — you can use it to separate parts of text from others and modify it using various attributes.

For example, if you want to make a part of the text blue without adding any particular meaning, use the <span> tag with the attribute style and set the color to blue, like in the example above. But it's more than just about style. Another example of the tag's versatility would be to use the attribute lang to set a different language to a part of the text and ensure that words written in a language other than the default are displayed correctly.