Static may refer to:

Places

Static Nunatak The Quartermain Mountains ( ) are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land. They are east of the Lashly Mountains, south of the Asgard Range, west of the Kukri ...

, in Antarctica * Static, Kentucky and Tennessee, U.S. * Static Peak, a mountain in Wyoming, U.S. ** 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. The charge remains until it can move away by an electric current or electrical discharge. The word "static" is used to differentiate it from electric ...

, a net charge of an object **

Triboelectric effect The triboelectric effect (also known as triboelectricity, triboelectric charging, triboelectrification, or tribocharging) describes electric charge transfer between two objects when they contact or slide against each other. It can occur with d ...

, due to frictional contact between different materials * Static spacetime, 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 acting on a physical system that does not experience an acceleration, but rather is in mechanical equilibrium, equilibrium with its environment ...

, a branch of physics concerned with physical systems in equilibrium **

Hydrostatics Hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at hydrostatic equilibrium and "the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed body". The word "hydrostatics" is sometimes used to refer specifically to water and ...

, the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at rest

Engineering

Static pressure In fluid mechanics the term static pressure refers to a term in Bernoulli's equation written words as ''static pressure + dynamic pressure = total pressure''. Since pressure measurements at any single point in a fluid always give the 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, i ...

or static noise, a random signal with a flat power spectral density **

Radio noise In radio reception, radio noise (commonly referred to as radio static) is unwanted random radio frequency electrical signals, fluctuating voltages, always present in a radio receiver in addition to the desired radio signal. Radio noise is a comb ...

, 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 logic, digital logic which does not use a clock signal; See Dynamic logic **

Static core In integrated circuit design, static core generally refers to a microprocessor (MPU) entirely implemented in Dynamic logic (digital electronics)#Static versus dynamic logic, static logic. A static core MPU may be halted by stopping the Cloc ...

, a CPU entirely implemented in static logic *

Static library A static library or statically linked library contains functions and data that can be included in a consuming computer program at build-time such that the library does not need to be accessible in a separate file at run-time. If all libraries a ...

, 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 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 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 ''static'' qualifier diffe ...

, 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'' (for example, integer, floating point, string) to every '' term'' (a word, phrase, or other set of symbols). Usua ...

, 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) static is a reserved word in many programming languages to modify a declaration. The effect of the keyword varies depending on the details of the specific programming language, most commonly used to modify the lifetime (as a static variable) and ...

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

*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 Stephen Ellis Garrett Jr. (November 11, 1974 – February 25, 2008), known professionally as Static Major (and previously as Static), was an American R&B and hip hop producer, singer, rapper, and songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky. He is be ...

(1974–2008), an American R&B singer and songwriter, originally known as Static *

Static-X Static-X is an American industrial 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, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Wayne Static until his d ...

, 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, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for the industrial metal band St ...

(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 * DJ Static, the name of various DJs

Albums

* ''Static'' (Bleach album), 1998, and the title song * ''Static'' (Cults album), 2013 * ''Static'' (Huntress album), 2015, and the title song * ''Static'' (Planet Funk album), 2006, and the title song *''Static'', a 2017 album by Dave Kerzner *''Static'', a 1999 live album by Mr. Big * Statik (album), an album by Actress

Songs

*"Static", a 1983 single by Planet P Project from the album '' Planet P Project'' * "Static" (James Brown song), 1988 *"Static", a 1989 song by

Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur (; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor, regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all tim ...

*"Static", a 2006 song by Livin Out Loud from the album '' What About Us'' *"Static", by Sleep Theory, 2025. * "Static" (Steve Lacy song), 2022 *"Static", a 2000 song by Godspeed You! Black Emperor from '' Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven''

Fictional characters

* Static character, 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), 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''