static

adjective

1. 1

   Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

   It's important to know that the Earth's crust is in no manner a stable and static place.

2. 2

   Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.

3. 3

   Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.

   England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum.

4. 4

   Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.

   A further advantage of static type checking is of course computational efficiency, since run time checks are no longer necessary.

   A static variable is one whose storage remains allocated for the duration of the entire program. All global variables are static variables.

   Despite the term, a static website doesn’t mean one that never changes. Static refers to the fact that the site’s assets—HTML files, graphics, and other downloadable content such as PDF files—are just static files sitting in an S3 bucket.

5. 5

   Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.

noun

1. 1

   Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

   Near-synonyms: shash, snow

   The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.

   The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.

   The girls don't seem to care tonight / As long as the mood is right / No static at all (no static, no static at all) / FM (no static at all)

2. 2

   figurativeInterference or obstruction from people.

   I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.

3. 3

   slangVerbal abuse.

   Near-synonym: flak

   Don't you be giving me any static over it. You know the rules.

   You want to start some static?

   Drove to the pad and hit the showers / Didn't even get no static from the cowards

4. 4

   Static electricity.

   This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from the static.

5. 5

   A static caravan.

6. 6

   A static variable.

   Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.

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