Sonic or Sonics may refer to:

Companies

* Sonic Drive-In, 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, 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 20 ...

, 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 int ...

, a developer of video games *SONIC, a brand name of Sega, S.A. SONIC

Arts and Entertainment

*'' Sonic the Hedgehog'', a Sega video game franchise ** Sonic the Hedgehog (character), 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, 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 that formed in 1960. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on punk and garage music worldwide, and they have been named inspirations to the White Str ...

, 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 a ...

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

Science and technology

*Sonics, a branch of acoustics * Theory of sonics, 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 ...

, an audible component of a shock wave in air * Supersonic speed * Hypersonic speed * Sonic hedgehog, a gene and protein named after Sonic the Hedgehog * SONIC (Ethernet controller), a 10 Mbit/s ethernet controller * SONiC (operating system), free and open source network operating system developed by Microsoft * SonicStage, 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 ...

, 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 ...

, 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 ( Chevrole ...

, the North American successor to the Chevrolet Aveo * Honda Sonic, an underbone motorcycle * Moyes Sonic, 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 Spin-off (media), spinoff of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series set in the continuity of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog ...