# Static

Static may refer to:

## Places

* 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
### Physics

* 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

* 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

* 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 (keyword)
* Static web page
* Static web design, a web design 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, 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

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