Static

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Static may refer to:

Locations

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

In science

Physics

• Static electricity, a net charge of an object
  • Triboelectric effect, e.g. from shoes rubbing carpet
• 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
• Statics, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium
  • Fluid statics, the science of fluids at rest
• Static noise or white noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density
  • Static video or noise (video), the random black-and-white image produced by televisions attempting to display a weak or incoherent signal

Computer science

The following terms might be known as "static" in context of their subject:

• Static build, a compiled version of a program which has been statically linked against libraries
• Static code analysis, a set of methods for analyzing code without running it
• 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 library, or statically-linked library, a set of routines, external functions and variables which are resolved in a caller at compile-time and copied into a target application by a compiler, linker, or binder, producing an object file and a stand-alone executable
• Static memory allocation (versus dynamic), carried out at compile time rather than run time
• Static method, a method of a class that does not need an explicit object reference
• Static networking: Some network resources and 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 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 variables may be constants, local function variables, or class variables depending on the context, variables that are common to all objects
  • See also: Static (keyword)
• Static web design, which offers a layout that cannot adapt to viewer needs

In popular culture and the arts

Music

• "Static", a 1983 music single by Planet P Project on 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
• "Static", a 2010 song by the band Phase on the album In Consequence
• Static (Bleach album)
• Static (Cults album)
• Static (Huntress album)
• Static (Mr. Big album)
• Static (Planet Funk album)
• Static Major (1974–2008), Steve "Static" Garrett, a member of R&B group Playa and songwriter for Aaliyah and Ginuwine
• Static-X, an American industrial metal band
  • Wayne Static (1965–2014), frontman, vocalist and guitarist of Static-X
• Static, one half of the musical duo Collide

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), an unrelated superhero by writer-artist Steve Ditko

Film and television

• Static (1986 film), a 1986 cult film directed by Mark Romanek
• Static (2012 film), a 2012 horror film
• Static (The Twilight Zone), a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone

See also

• Dynamic
• DJ Static (disambiguation)