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In software jargon, static means that it is not necessary to run the software, while dynamic means it does. Dynamic can be thought of «at runtime», while static as «at building/compile time».

For example:

• static vs dynamic analysis of your code – your code can be analyzed without being executed. Linting, for example, is one common task you can perform by static analysis.
• static vs dynamic types – a static data type can be known by reading the code, while dynamic data types can only be inferred at runtime.
• static vs dynamic imports/exports – static imports/exports mean that they won’t change at runtime, while dynamic imports need to be calculated at runtime because they can contain variables, being inside a conditional, etc.