Static may refer to:

Places

* Static Nunatak, 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, a net charge of an object ** Triboelectric effect, 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, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium ** Fluid statics, the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at rest

Engineering

* Static pressure, in aircraft instrumentation and fluid dynamics ** Static port, a proprietary sensor used on aircraft to measure static pressure * White noise or static noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density ** Noise (radio), in radio reception ** Noise (video), 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 linking, where identifiers are associated with data or sections of code during linking, not at run-time *Static logic, digital logic which does not use a clock signal; See Dynamic logic ** 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 * Static memory allocation, 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 IP, an IP address * 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 ** Static (keyword) * Static web page *Static web design, a web design which offers a layout that cannot adapt to viewer needs

Arts and entertainment

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 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'' * ''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 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), 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 ...

, an unrelated superhero by writer-artist Steve Ditko

Film and television

* ''Static'' (1985 film), a cult film directed by Mark Romanek * ''Static'' (2012 film), a horror film * Static (''The Twilight Zone''), a 1961 episode of ''The Twilight Zone''