Sonic or Sonics may refer to:

Companies

Sonic Drive-In Sonic Corporation, founded as Sonic Drive-In and more commonly known as Sonic (stylized as SONIC), or "The Drive-In," is an American drive-in fast food restaurant Chain store, chain owned by Inspire Brands, the parent company of Arby's and Buf ...

, an American drive-in fast-food restaurant chain *

Sonic (ISP) Sonic is a telecommunications company and internet service provider based in Santa Rosa, California, acting as a competitive local exchange carrier in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, and Los Angeles. History Sonic began as an effort to b ...

, an Internet provider and CLEC, serving more than 100 California communities *

Sonic Foundry Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ:SOFO) produces software for distance learning and corporate communications. Sonic Foundry, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, and is known for originally developing Vegas Pro and Sound Forge. ...

, a computer software company which develops programs for editing audio and video *

Sonic Healthcare Sonic Healthcare Limited is a Sydney-based, Australian company that provides laboratory services, pathology, and radiology services. Scope Sonic Healthcare Limited has a presence in Australia, New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, Germ ...

, a company that provides laboratory pathology and radiology services *

Sonic Solutions Sonic Solutions was an American computer software company headquartered in Novato, California. In addition to having a number of offices in the U.S., the company also maintained offices in Europe and Asia. It was acquired by Rovi Corporation in 201 ...

, a company operating in digital-media markets *

Sonic Team is a video game developer owned by the Japanese video game company Sega as part of its Sega CS Research and Development No. 2 division. Sonic Team is best known for the long-running '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series and games such as '' Nights ...

, a developer of video games *SONIC, a brand name of

Sega, S.A. SONIC Sega, S.A. SONIC (also known as Segasa and Segasa d.b.a. Sonic) was a Spanish coin-operated amusement machines company established by Sega Enterprises-related shareholders incorporated by Bertram Leroy Siegel as MD in March 1968, which lasted until ...

Arts and Entertainment

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Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games are platformers mo ...

'', a Sega video game franchise **

Sonic the Hedgehog (character) is a title character and the main protagonist of the video game series of the same name published by Sega, and appears in numerous spin-off comics, animations, and other media. He is an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who can run at superson ...

, the titular character of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise started in 1991 ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991 video game), the first video game in the franchise. It was made for the Sega Genesis. ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (film), the 2020 film based on the franchise and its sequel, ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' (film). *

Sonic screwdriver The sonic screwdriver is a fictional multi-tool, multifunctional tool in the British television science fiction, British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, used by The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor. Like th ...

, a fictional tool in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' *

Nickelodeon Sonic Nickelodeon Sonic (formerly Sonic-Nickelodeon) is an Indian children's pay television channel operated by Viacom18 as part of the Nickelodeon India network. After on the air, Sonic became the fourth most watched channel across all genres with ...

, an Indian children's television channel *Sonic "Boom Boom" Renaldi, a character in the ''

Speed Racer ''Speed Racer'', also known as , is a Japanese media franchise about Auto racing, automobile racing. ''Mach GoGoGo'' was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 ''Shōnen Book''. It was released in tankōbon book form by Sun W ...

'' film adaptation

Music

The Sonics The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, Washington (state), Washington that formed in 1960. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on Punk rock, punk and Garage rock, garage music worl ...

, an American band *

CHDI-FM CHDI-FM (102.9 FM, ''Sonic 102.9'') is a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Rogers Sports & Media, it broadcasts a modern rock format. Its studios are co-located with its sister stations on Gateway Boulevard. As of February 28, 2021, ...

, a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named SONiC 102.9 *

CKKS-FM CKKS-FM (107.5 FM, ''Sonic'') is a radio station licensed to Chilliwack, British Columbia and serving Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Owned by Rogers Sports & Media, it broadcasts a modern rock format. The station's main studios and ...

, a radio station in Chilliwack/Abbotsford/Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Science and technology

*Sonics, a branch of

acoustics Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician ...

Theory of sonics The theory of sonics is a branch of continuum mechanics which describes the transmission of mechanical energy through vibrations. The birth of the theory of sonics is the publication of the book ''A treatise on transmission of power by vibrations' ...

, a branch of continuum mechanics *

Sonic boom A sonic boom is a sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding similar to an explosion or a thunderclap to t ...

, an audible component of a shock wave in air *

Supersonic Supersonic speed is the speed of an object that exceeds the speed of sound ( Mach 1). For objects traveling in dry air of a temperature of 20 °C (68 °F) at sea level, this speed is approximately . Speeds greater than five times ...

speed *

Hypersonic In aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that exceeds 5 times the speed of sound, often stated as starting at speeds of Mach 5 and above. The precise Mach number at which a craft can be said to be flying at hypersonic speed varies, since in ...

speed *

Sonic hedgehog Sonic hedgehog protein (SHH) is encoded for by the ''SHH'' gene. The protein is named after the character ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. This signaling molecule is key in regulating embryonic morphogenesis in all animals. SHH controls organogenesis and ...

, a gene and protein named after Sonic the Hedgehog *

SONIC (Ethernet controller) SONIC (System-Oriented Network Interface Controller) DP83932 is a National Semiconductor 10 Mbit/s Ethernet controller. In the early 1990s, integrated ethernet subsystems based on the SONIC controller were used in computer workstations such as the M ...

, a 10 Mbit/s ethernet controller *

SONiC (operating system) The Software for Open Networking in the Cloud or alternatively abbreviated and stylized as SONiC, is a free and open source network operating system based on Linux. It was originally developed by Microsoft and the Open Compute Project. In 2022, M ...

, free and open source network operating system developed by Microsoft *

SonicStage SonicStage is a discontinued software product from Sony that is used for managing portable devices when they are plugged into a computer running Microsoft Windows. It comprises a music player and library manager, similar to iTunes, Windows Media Pl ...

, a computer program

Sports

Seattle SuperSonics The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Confe ...

, a National Basketball Association team, relocated to Oklahoma as the Thunder *

Sonic Motor Racing Services Sonic Motor Racing Services is an Australian racing team that is competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship, Porsche Sprint Challenge, the Australian Formula Ford Championship, and the Victorian Formula Ford Championship. The t ...

, an Australian motor racing team

Vehicles

Sonic (train) is the name used by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) for the limited express train service operating between Hakata and Ōita via Kokura and Beppu along the Kagoshima Main Line and Nippō Main Line in Kyushu, Japan. It runs every 30 minutes a ...

, the name of a Japanese express train *

Chevrolet Sonic The Chevrolet Aveo ( ) is a subcompact car (B-segment) marketed by General Motors since 2002. Originally marketed as the Daewoo Kalos, takeover of Daewoo Motors by General Motors (GM) also saw the car being marketed under seven brands ( Chevrol ...

, the North American successor to the Chevrolet Aveo *

Honda Sonic The Honda Sonic is a ''125 cc'', later ''150 cc'' underbone motorcycle designed for the Southeast Asian market by Honda. It is the part of the Nova series of sports oriented underbone motorbikes produced since the mid-1990s. Engine T ...

, an underbone motorcycle *

Moyes Sonic The Moyes Sonic is an Australia, Australian high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by Moyes Delta Gliders of Botany, New South Wales. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete a ...

, an Australian hang glider design * Sonic 23, a Canadian sailboat design *

Sonic Spinball ''Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball'' is a 1993 pinball video game developed by Sega Technical Institute and published by Sega. It is a spinoff of the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series set in the continuity of the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' animated s ...