It is the same as static in C# and most other languages. It means that every object in the class uses the same copy of the variable, property or method. When used with a method as it is static you don't need an object instance.
MyClass.DoSomething()
rather than
Dim oObject as New MyClass()
oObject.DoSomething()
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