Within the United States, it is ranked as the 39th-most common surname of 88799 listed. Nelson is a patronymic surname meaning son of Nell. Many derived from Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, also known as Lord Nelson, a British admiral known for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars.any derived from Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, also known as Lord Nelson, a British admiral known for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars.
adjective, Also, statical. 1. pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition. 2. showing little or no change: a static concept; a static relationship. 3. lacking movement, development, or vitality: The novel was marred by static characterizations, especially in its central figures.
In the C programming language (and its close descendants such as C++ and Objective-C), static is a reserved word controlling both lifetime (as a static variable) and visibility (depending on linkage). The word static is also used in languages influenced by C, such as Java. In C, static is a storage class (not to be confused with classes in object-oriented programming), as are extern, auto and register (which are also reserved words).