title: what is the meaning of 'static' in a method header?
body: <p>I want to understand what does the word 'static' do in the 'writeNumbers' method header?: </p>
  
  <pre class="lang-java prettyprint-override"><code>public class DisplayClass {
  
      /**
       * @param args
       */
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          writeNumbers();
      }
  
      public static void writeNumbers()
      {
          int count;
          for(count=1; count&lt;=20; count++)
          {
              System.out.println(count);
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>