Static

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Static has several meanings:

• Static electricity, a net charge of an object
  • The triboelectric effect, e.g. from shoes rubbing carpet
• White noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density
  • Noise (radio), a type of radio interference
  • Noise (video), the "snow" seen on a TV screen
• Statics, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium
  • Fluid statics, the science of fluids at rest
• Static spacetime, a spacetime in which the geometry does not change

In computer science:

• Static variables may be constants, local function variables, or class variables depending on the context
• Static typing, where type checking is applied at compile-time not run-time
• Static linking, where identifiers are associated with data or sections of code during linking not run-time
• Static IP address, an address configured on a device which does not change
• Static random access memory, a type of semiconductor memory which retains its contents as long as power is applied
• Static logic, digital logic which does not use a clock signal
• Static code analysis is a set of methods for analyzing code without running it
• Static method, a method of a class that does not need an explicit object reference

In popular culture and the arts:

• Static (The Twilight Zone), second season episode 20 of The Twilight Zone broadcast on March 10, 1961
• Steve "Static" Garrett, member of R&B group Playa and songwriter for Aaliyah and Ginuwine
• Static (bass player), bass player in the band Anyone
• Static-X, an American industrial metal band
• Static (Ditko), a superhero created and owned by Steve Ditko
• Static (superhero), a Milestone Comics superhero
• "Static", a 1988 funk music single by Full Force and James Brown
• Static (musician), Australian drum & bass producer
• Static (film), a 1986 cult movie directed by Mark Romanek