In C, Is a static variable stored on the stack or the heap??

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In C, Is a static variable stored on the stack or the heap??

I always thought that static vars are stored on the heap. (global lifetime)

I Got this doubt while answering the following Q:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2661369/storage-classes

Please clarify...

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