Daily Vocabulary for Better Conversation

Look up static in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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 RB group Playa and songwriter for Aaliyah and Ginuwine
• Static, bass player in the band Anyone
• Static-X, an American industrial metal band
• Static, a superhero created and owned by Steve Ditko
• Static, a DC comics superhero
• Static, a 1988 funk music single by Full Force and James Brown
• Static, Australian drum bass producer

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