Static
Static may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Static Nunatak, 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
[edit]Physics
[edit]- Static electricity, a net charge of an object
- Triboelectric effect, due to frictional contact between different materials
- Static spacetime, 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
- Hydrostatics, the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at rest
Engineering
[edit]- 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
- Radio noise, in radio reception
- Noise (video), the random black-and-white image produced by televisions attempting to display a weak or incoherent signal
Computing
[edit]- 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, 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 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 variable, a variable whose lifetime is the entire run of the program
- Static web page
- Static web design, a web design which offers a layout that cannot adapt to viewer needs
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Music
[edit]Artists
[edit]- Static Major (1974–2008), an American R&B singer and songwriter, originally known as Static
- Static-X, an American industrial metal band
- Wayne Static (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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- "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
- "Static", a 2006 song by Livin Out Loud from the album What About Us
- "Static" (Steve Lacy song), a 2022 song by Steve Lacy from the album Gemini Rights
Fictional characters
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
See also
[edit]- Static program analysis, a set of methods for analyzing code without running it