Static
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Template:Wiktionarypar Static has several meanings:
- Static electricity, a net charge of an object
- Noise (radio), a type of radio interference
- The triboelectric effect, e.g. from shoes rubbing carpet
- White noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density
- 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, logic which does not use a clock signal
- Static code analysis is a set of methods for analyzing code without running it
In popular culture and the arts:
- A Static Lullaby, a band from Chino, California
- 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 DC comics superhero
- "Static", a 1988 funk music single by Full Force and James Brown
- Static (musician), Australian drum & bass producer
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