static
/ˈstæt.ɪk/ · noun
Meaning
- Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
- (by extension) Interference or obstruction from people.
- Static electricity.
- A static caravan.
- Verbal abuse.
- A static variable.
- Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
- Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
- Computed, created or allocated before the program starts running, and usually not changeable at runtime
- Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
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