Static may refer to any of the following:

  1. Static is another term constant. For example, many web pages are static web pages HTML pages, which means none of the content being displayed was generated by other code or a script. Static pages do not change unless the creator manually makes a change to the file and looks the same to all visitors.

  2. Static is an electrical discharge, see our ESD page for further information about a static discharge, aka ESD, and the potential dangers it can cause to a computer or electronics.

See our dynamic website page for further information about static and dynamic websites and comparison between the two.

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