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'''Static''' has several meanings:
* [[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 (radio)]], a type of radio interference
** [[Noise (video)]], the snow seen on a TV screen
* [[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
* [[Static character]], a character who does not undergo significant change during the course of a story
== In computer science ==
* [[Static code analysis]] is a set of methods for analyzing code without running it
* [[Linker#Dynamic linking|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.
* [[Dynamic logic (digital logic)#Static versus dynamic logic|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
* [[Type system#Type checking|Static typing]], where type checking is applied at compile-time not run-time
* [[Static variable#Static Variables as Class Variables|Static variables]] may be constants, local function variables, or class variables depending on the context,variables that are common to all objects.
== In popular culture and the arts ==
* "''Static''", a 1988 funk music single by [[Full Force]] and [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]]
* [[Staticicity]] , An English Alternative Rock Band
* [[Static-X]], an American industrial metal band
** [[Wayne Static]], co-founder, front-figure, vocalist and guitarist of Static-X
* [[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 (comics)]], 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 [[Denmark|Danish]] DJ and hip hop producer
* [[Static ]], a [[U.K.|British]] stencil artist & graffiti writer
* [[Eat Static]], UK Alien themed Techno music pioneers formed from former members of UK underground legends [[Ozric Tentacles]]
* "Sleep through the static", Jack Johnson (2007)
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* [[Static-beats]] ,Dutch Producer Fusion music
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