static variable
Java: A variable (field) that is resolved by the compiler at compile time rather than at runtime using dynamic binding. A static variable is also a class variable because only class variables can be resolved at compile time in Java. But being static (i.e., not dynamic) does not need to imply that something is associated with a class (rather than an instance) in all languages.
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