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'Static' has several meanings:

★ Static electricity, a net charge of an object

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★ The triboelectric effect, ''e.g.'' from shoes rubbing carpet

★ White noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density

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★ Noise (radio), a type of radio interference

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★ Noise (video), the "snow" seen on a TV screen

★ Statics, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium

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★ Fluid statics, the science of fluids at rest

★ Static spacetime, a spacetime in which the geometry does not change

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In computer science

In Popular culture and the arts

In computer science

★ Static code analysis is 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 IP address, an address configured on a device which does not change

★ Static logic, digital logic which does not use a clock signal

★ 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

In Popular culture and the arts

★ "''Static''", a 1988 funk music single by Full Force and James Brown

★ Staticicity , An English Alternative Rock Band

★ Static-X, an American industrial metal band

★ Static (bass player), bass player in the band Anyone

★ Static (Ditko), a superhero created and owned by Steve Ditko

★ Static (film), a 1986 cult movie directed by Mark Romanek

★ Static (musician), Australian drum & bass producer

★ Static (superhero), a Milestone Comics superhero

★ Static (The Twilight Zone), second season episode 20 of The Twilight Zone broadcast on March 10, 1961

★ Steve "Static" Garrett, member of R&B group Playa and songwriter for Aaliyah and Ginuwine

★ Static (DJ), a Danish DJ and hip hop producer