HTML which is not enhanced by other web technologies (such as a scripting language like Javascript), and so only allows web pages with unchanging content and no interactive capabilities; contrasted with dynamic HTML.
Origin
1990s.
Definition of static HTML in US English:
static HTML
noun
Computing
HTML which is not enhanced by other web technologies (such as a scripting language like Javascript), and so only allows web pages with unchanging content and no interactive capabilities; contrasted with dynamic HTML.