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by sintaxi 2582 days ago
Static is a term to describe the assets that are delivered to the client. It means every user is delivered the same assets which means the server doesn't have to do any logic. The assets can be delivered from a CDN and cached on the client indefinitely.

Sending every user `document.write(new Date());` is static because its identical for everyone. The fact each user sees something different is completely irrelevant.