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static keyword in Java

The  static keyword  is used in java mainly for memory management. We may apply static keyword with variables, methods, blocks and nested class. The static keyword belongs to the class than instance of the class. The static can be: variable (also known as class variable) method (also known as class method) block nested class 1) static variable If you declare any variable as static, it is known static variable. The static variable can be used to refer the common property of all objects (that is not unique for each object) e.g. company name of employees,college name of students etc. The static variable gets memory only once in class area at the time of class loading. Advantage of static variable It makes your program  memory efficient  (i.e it saves memory). Understanding problem without static variable class  Student{         int  rollno;        String...