Static

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Static has several meanings:

Locations

• Static, Kentucky

In science

Physics

• 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 (video), the random black-and-white image produced by televisions attempting to display a weak or incoherent signal
• Statics, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium
  • Fluid statics, the science of fluids at rest
• Static pressure, a concept in aircraft instrumentation and fluid dynamics
  • Static port, a proprietary sensor used on aircraft to measure static pressure
• Static spacetime, a spacetime having a global, non-vanishing, timelike Killing vector field which is irrotational

Computer science

• Static code analysis, a set of methods for analyzing code without running it
• Some network resources/terms may be "static", meaning that they do not change automatically (and are configured manually). These include:
  • Static IP address, an address configured on a device which is configured manually (therefore the address is not likely to change frequently)
  • Static route, a network route specified by local configuration, rather than being automatically determined by protocols that automatically assign routes
• 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 core, a CPU entirely implemented in static logic
• 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

Music

• "Static (song)", a 1988 funk song 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 2010 song by the band Phase on the album In Consequence
• "Static", a 2006 song by Livin Out Loud from the album What About Us
• Static-X, an American industrial metal band
  • Wayne Static, co-founder, front-figure, vocalist and guitarist of Static-X
• Static (Planet Funk album)
• Static (Mr. Big album)
• Static (Bleach album)
• Static (Cults album)
• Static Major, Steve "Static" Garrett, a member of R&B group Playa and songwriter for Aaliyah and Ginuwine

Fictional characters

• Static character, a character who does not undergo significant change during the course of a story
• Static (DC Comics), a Milestone and DC Comics superhero
• Static (Steve Ditko character), an unrelated superhero by writer-artist Steve Ditko

Film and television

• Static (film), a 1986 cult movie directed by Mark Romanek
• "Static" (The Twilight Zone), a second-season episode 20 of The Twilight Zone broadcast on March 10, 1961
• "Static" (Cold Case), an episode of the TV series Cold Case (season 4, episode 6), broadcast on October 29, 2006
• Static (short film), a 2007 short film by Pakistani film maker Rumman Zia

See also

• DJ Static (disambiguation)