Static

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Static may refer to:

Places

• Static Nunatak, in Antarctica
• Static, Kentucky and Tennessee, U.S.
• Static Peak, a mountain in Wyoming, U.S.
  • Static Peak Divide, a mountain pass near the peak

Science and technology

Physics

• Static electricity, a net charge of an object
  • Triboelectric effect, due to frictional contact between different materials
• Static spacetime, a spacetime having a global, non-vanishing, timelike Killing vector field which is irrotational
• Statics, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium
  • Hydrostatics, the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at rest

Engineering

• Static pressure, in aircraft instrumentation and fluid dynamics
  • Static port, a proprietary sensor used on aircraft to measure static pressure
• White noise or static noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density
  • Radio noise, in radio reception
  • Noise (video), the random black-and-white image produced by televisions attempting to display a weak or incoherent signal

Computing

• Static build, a compiled version of a program which has been statically linked against libraries
• Static logic, digital logic which does not use a clock signal; See Dynamic logic
  • Static core, a CPU entirely implemented in static logic
• Static library, or statically-linked library, a set of routines, external functions and variables which are resolved in a caller at compile-time
• Static method, a method of a class that does not need an explicit object reference
• Static IP, an IP address
• Static route, a network route specified by local configuration, rather than being automatically determined by protocols that automatically assign routes
• Static random-access memory, a type of semiconductor memory which retains its contents as long as power is applied
• Static type checking, where type checking is applied at compile-time, not run-time
• Static variable, a variable whose lifetime is the entire run of the program
  • Static (keyword)
• Static web page
• Static web design, a web design which offers a layout that cannot adapt to viewer needs

Arts and entertainment

Music

Artists

• Static Major (1974–2008), an American R&B singer and songwriter, originally known as Static
• Static-X, an American industrial metal band
  • Wayne Static (1965–2014), frontman, vocalist and guitarist of Static-X
• Static, one half of the American music duo Collide
• Static (born 1990), one half of the Israeli music duo Static & Ben El Tavori
• DJ Static, the name of various DJs

Albums

• Static (Bleach album), 1998, and the title song
• Static (Cults album), 2013
• Static (Huntress album), 2015, and the title song
• Static (Planet Funk album), 2006, and the title song
• Static, a 2017 album by Dave Kerzner
• Static, a 1999 live album by Mr. Big

Songs

• "Static", a 1983 single by Planet P Project from the album Planet P Project
• "Static" (song), a 1988 funk song by Full Force and James Brown
• "Static", a 1989 song by Tupac Shakur
• "Static", a 2006 song by Livin Out Loud from the album What About Us

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 (Eclipse Comics), a superhero created by writer-artist Steve Ditko

Film and television

• Static (1985 film), an American comedy-drama film
• Static (2012 film), an American horror film
• "Static" (The Twilight Zone), a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone

See also

• Static program analysis, a set of methods for analyzing code without running it

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