Static
Static has several meanings:
- Static electricity, a net charge of an object
- White noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density
- Statics, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium
- Static pressure, a concept in aircraft instrumentation and fluid dynamics
- Static port, a sensor used on aircraft to measure static pressure
- Static spacetime, a spacetime in which the geometry does not change
In computer science
- Static code analysis, a set of methods for analyzing code without running it
- Static IP address, an address configured on a device which does not change
- Static linking, where identifiers are associated with data or sections of code during linking not run-time
- Static logic, digital logic which does not use a clock signal
- Static memory allocation, carried out at compile time
- Static method, a method of a class that does not need an explicit object reference
- Static random access memory, a type of semiconductor memory which retains its contents as long as power is applied
- Static typing, where type checking is applied at compile-time, not run-time
- Static variables may be constants, local function variables, or class variables depending on the context, variables that are common to all objects
- Static web design, which offers a layout that cannot adapt to viewer needs
In popular culture and the arts
- "Static", a 1988 funk music single by Full Force and James Brown
- "Static", a 1983 music single by Planet P Project on the album Planet P Project {album)
- "Static", a song by 2pac Shakur
- Static, a superhero created and owned by Steve Ditko
- Static-X, an American industrial metal band
- Wayne Static, co-founder, front-figure, vocalist and guitarist of Static-X
- Static (film), a 1986 cult movie directed by Mark Romanek
- Static (Planet Funk album)
- Static (Mr. Big album)
- Static (Bleach album)
- Static (DC Comics), a Milestone and DC Comics superhero
- "Static" (The Twilight Zone), a second-season episode 20 of The Twilight Zone broadcast on March 10, 1961
- Static character, a character who does not undergo significant change during the course of a story
- Static Major, Steve "Static" Garrett, a member of R&B group Playa and songwriter for Aaliyah and Ginuwine