What does static mean exactly?

Question

Am I right to think it means a method can be run without going through the main first?

Answer 1

https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/692329/?ref=app

Answer 2

No, you are wrong. As documented in site below, static means only one copy is shared between all instances of a class.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/413898/what-does-the-static-keyword-do-in-a-class