text: in html, what are static pages? i dont even know what static pages are in general it's a page that's the same every time.  a static page is stored in the web server as an html file.  when someone requests the page, the server just sends the file.  you can't tell from the browser what is a static page and what is dynamic because the web server can generate plain html that looks static but is generated on demand, and differently each time.