Static may refer to:

Places

Static Nunatak Static Nunatak () is a nunatak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south-southwest of Altar Mountain, Quartermain Mountains, in Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Boa ...

, a nunatak in Antarctica

United States

* Static, Kentucky and Tennessee * Static Peak, a mountain in Wyoming ** Static Peak Divide, a mountain pass near the peak

Science and technology

Physics

Static electricity Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material or between materials. The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge. Static electricity is n ...

, a net charge of an object **

Triboelectric effect The triboelectric effect (also known as triboelectric charging) is a type of contact electrification on which certain materials become electrically charged after they are separated from a different material with which they were in contact. Ru ...

, due to frictional contact between different materials *

Static spacetime In general relativity, a spacetime is said to be static if it does not change over time and is also irrotational. It is a special case of a stationary spacetime, which is the geometry of a stationary spacetime that does not change in time but ca ...

, a spacetime having a global, non-vanishing, timelike Killing vector field which is irrotational *

Statics Statics is the branch of classical mechanics that is concerned with the analysis of force and torque (also called moment) acting on physical systems that do not experience an acceleration (''a''=0), but rather, are in static equilibrium with t ...

, 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 fluid mechanics the term static pressure has several uses: * In the design and operation of aircraft, ''static pressure'' is the air pressure in the aircraft's static pressure system. * In fluid dynamics, many authors use the term ''static pres ...

, in aircraft instrumentation and fluid dynamics ** Static port, a proprietary sensor used on aircraft to measure static pressure *

White noise In signal processing, white noise is a random signal having equal intensity at different frequencies, giving it a constant power spectral density. The term is used, with this or similar meanings, in many scientific and technical disciplines, ...

or static noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density ** Radio noise, in radio reception **

Noise (video) Noise, commonly known as static, white noise, static noise, or snow, in analog video and television, is a random dot pixel pattern of static displayed when no transmission signal is obtained by the antenna receiver of television sets and other d ...

, 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 Static core generally refers to a microprocessor (MPU) entirely implemented in static logic. A static core MPU may be halted by stopping the system clock oscillator that is driving it, maintaining its state and resume processing at the poin ...

, a CPU entirely implemented in static logic *

Static library In computer science, a static library or statically-linked library is 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, produ ...

, 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 Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.. Updated by . An IP address serves two main functions: network interface ident ...

, an IP address *

Static route Static routing is a form of routing that occurs when a router uses a manually-configured routing entry, rather than information from dynamic routing traffic. In many cases, static routes are manually configured by a network administrator by adding ...

, a network route specified by local configuration, rather than being automatically determined by protocols that automatically assign routes *

Static random-access memory Static random-access memory (static RAM or SRAM) is a type of random-access memory (RAM) that uses latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit. SRAM is volatile memory; data is lost when power is removed. The term ''static'' differe ...

, a type of semiconductor memory which retains its contents as long as power is applied *

Static type checking In computer programming, a type system is a logical system comprising a set of rules that assigns a property called a type to every "term" (a word, phrase, or other set of symbols). Usually the terms are various constructs of a computer progra ...

, where type checking is applied at compile-time, not run-time *

Static variable In computer programming, a static variable is a variable that has been allocated "statically", meaning that its lifetime (or "extent") is the entire run of the program. This is in contrast to shorter-lived automatic variables, whose storage is ...

, a variable whose lifetime is the entire run of the program **

Static (keyword) In some programming languages such as C (and its close descendants like C++, Objective-C, and Java), static is a reserved word controlling both lifetime (as a static variable) and visibility (depending on '' linkage''). The effect of the key ...

Static web page A static web page (sometimes called a flat page or a stationary page) is a web page that is delivered to the user's web browser exactly as stored, in contrast to dynamic web pages which are generated by a web application. Consequently, a stati ...

*Static web design, a

web design Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; user interface design (UI design); authoring, including standardised code a ...

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 Static-X is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994. The line-up has fluctuated over the years, but was long-held constant with band founder, frontman, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Wayne Static until h ...

, an American industrial metal band **

Wayne Static Wayne Richard Wells (November 4, 1965 – November 1, 2014), known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for metal band Static-X. He released his ...

(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 Static & Ben El Tavori ( he, סטטיק ובן אל תבורי) were an Israeli musical pop duo comprising the singers Liraz Russo (aka Static) and Ben El Tavori. Their musical producer was Yarden Peleg (aka 'Jordi'). Biography Static Liraz Rus ...

* DJ Static, the name of various DJs

Albums

* ''Static'' (Bleach album), 1998, and the title song * ''Static'' (Cults album), 2013 *''Static'', a 2017 album by

Dave Kerzner David Nathaniel Kerzner (born July 10, 1968) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and sound designer as well as founder of the sound sampling development company Sonic Reality Inc. Along with Simon Collins, Kerzner is the co-founder ...

* ''Static'' (Huntress album), 2015, and the title song *''Static'', a 1999 live album by

Mr. Big Mr. Big may refer to: Entertainment In film and literature * Mister Big (James Bond), a villain in the novel and film ''Live and Let Die'' * ''Mister Big'' (1943 film), a 1943 musical * ''Mr. Big'' (2007 film), a 2007 documentary In televisi ...

* ''Static'' (Planet Funk album), 2006, and the title song

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 Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...

*"Static", a 2006 song by Livin Out Loud from the album '' What About Us''

Characters

Static character In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life pe ...

, a character who does not undergo significant change during the course of a story *

Static (DC Comics) Static is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Milestone Comics founders Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis (comics creator), Michael Davis, and Derek T. Dingle. Static's fir ...

, a Milestone and DC Comics superhero *

Static (Eclipse Comics) Static is a fictional comic book hero created and owned by writer-artist Steve Ditko. Publication history The character first appeared in a namesake feature in the omnibus title ''Eclipse Monthly'' #1-3 in 1983. In 1985, Charlton Comics retitled ...

, 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''