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Unchanging; that cannot or does not change. +

Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.

Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion. +

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

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

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

(figurative, by extension) Interference or obstruction from people.

Static electricity.

A static caravan.

(slang, US) Verbal abuse.

(programming) A static variable.