The term static view file refers to the following

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  • “Static” means it can be cached for a site (that is, the file is not dynamically generated). Examples include images and CSS generated from LESS.
  • “View” refers to presentation layer (from MVC).
  • Both of the above
  • None of the above

devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/config-guide/cli/config-cli-subcommands-static-view.html#config-cli-static-overview

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