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    Static members are data members or functions defined within a class that are shared across all objects of that class rather than being unique to each object. A static member exists only once in the program, rather than each object containing its own copy. This allows common information to be shared between different objects of the same class. Static member functions cannot access non-static data but can access other static members, and are called on the class rather than on a specific object.

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    Static members are data members or functions defined within a class that are shared across all objects of that class rather than being unique to each object. A static member exists only once in the program, rather than each object containing its own copy. This allows common information to be shared between different objects of the same class. Static member functions cannot access non-static data but can access other static members, and are called on the class rather than on a specific object.

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    Static Member

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    Rishikesh Nandankar
    Static members are data members or functions defined within a class that are shared across all objects of that class rather than being unique to each object. A static member exists only once in the program, rather than each object containing its own copy. This allows common information to be shared between different objects of the same class. Static member functions cannot access non-static data but can access other static members, and are called on the class rather than on a specific object.

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