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Answer» Any variable is a class in Java can either be STATIC or non-static. Some of the DIFFERENCES between static and non-static VARIABLES in Java is given as following: Static Variables
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The static keywords are defined using the keyword static.
| The non-static keywords do not contain the keyword static.
| Static variables can be accessed using a class reference as there is only a SINGLE copy of them.
| Non-static variables can be accessed using only an object reference.
| The memory for static variables is allocated when the class is loaded.
| The memory for non-static variables is allocated when an object of the class is CREATED.
| Every object of the class shares the static variable i.e. it is common for every object.
| All objects of the class have their own copy of a non-static variable i.e the non-static variables are specific for objects.
| The memory for static variables is allocated only one time.
| The memory for non-static variables is allocated whenever a new object of the class is created.
| Static variables can also be called class variables as memory for static variables is allocated when the class is loaded.
| Non-static variables can also be called instance variables as memory for non-static variables is allocated whenever a new instance of the class is created.
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