acid An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. Hydron, hydrogen cation, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis ...

is any chemical compound that, when dissolved in water, gives a solution with a pH of less than 7.0. Acid or ACID may also refer to:

Science

Corrosive substance Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide. It is the gradual deterioration of materials (usually a metal) by chemical or electrochemical reaction with their environment. Corrosion engine ...

, commonly (though imprecisely) referred to as an acid *

Lysergic acid diethylamide Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD (from German ; often referred to as acid or lucy), is a Semisynthesis, semisynthetic, Hallucinogen, hallucinogenic compound derived from ergot, known for its powerful psychological effects and ...

(LSD), a semisynthetic, psychedelic drug commonly referred to as acid

Computing

ACID An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. Hydron, hydrogen cation, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis ...

(atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability), an initialism for the transactional properties of database management systems *

Acid1 Acid1, originally called the Box Acid Test, is a test page for web browsers. It was developed in October 1998 and was important in establishing baseline interoperability between early web browsers, especially for the Cascading Style Sheets 1.0 ...

, a web browser test page **

Acid2 Acid2 is a webpage that tests web browsers' functionality in displaying aspects of HTML markup, CSS 2.1 styling, Portable Network Graphics, PNG images, and data URIs. The test page was released on 13 April 2005 by the Web Standards Project. The ...

Acid3 The Acid3 test is a web test page from the Web Standards Project that checks a web browser's compliance with elements of various web standards, particularly the Document Object Model (DOM) and JavaScript. If the test is successful, the results ...

Acid Pro Acid Pro (often stylized ACID) is a professional digital audio workstation (DAW) software program currently developed by Magix Software. It was originally called Acid pH1 and published by Sonic Foundry, later by Sony Creative Software as Acid ...

, professional digital audio workstation software * Acid (computer virus), a computer virus

Music

* "Acid-like", the sound produced by the

Roland TB-303 The Roland TB-303 Bass Line (also known as the 303) is a bass synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in 1981. Designed to simulate bass guitars, it was a commercial failure and was discontinued in 1984. However, cheap second-hand units we ...

electronic music synthesizer

Genres

Psychedelic music Psychedelic music (sometimes called psychedelia) is a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as Dmt, DMT, Lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD, mescaline, ...

, inspired by the use of psychedelic drugs including LSD *

Acid rock Acid rock is a loosely defined type of rock music that evolved out of the mid-1960s garage rock, garage punk movement and helped launch the psychedelia, psychedelic subculture. While the term has sometimes been used interchangeably with "psyc ...

, originating in the mid-1960s *

Acid house Acid house (also simply known as just " acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synt ...

, originating in the mid-1980s *

Acid jazz Acid jazz (also known as club jazz, psychedelic jazz, or groove jazz) is a music genre that combines elements of funk, soul music, soul, and hip hop music, hip hop, as well as jazz and disco. Acid jazz originated in clubs in London during the 1 ...

, originating in the mid-1980s *

Acid trance Acid trance is a genre of trance music that emerged in the late 1980s, focusing on using the acid sound. The trademark sound of "acid" is produced with a Roland TB-303 by playing a sequenced melody while altering the instrument's filter cutoff f ...

, originating in the early to mid-1990s *

Acid techno Acid techno, sometimes known generally as "acid", is a genre of techno that was derived from acid house and developed in Europe in the late 1980s to early 1990s. It saw younger artists apply the "squelching" synthesizer sound of Chicago acid hou ...

, originating in the early 1990s *

Neo-psychedelia Neo-psychedelia is a genre of psychedelic music that draws inspiration from the music production approaches and songwriting of 1960s psychedelia, either exploring emulations of the sounds of the era or applying its ethos to new styles of music ...

, originating in the early 1980s, and sometimes called acid punk *

Stoner rock Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss and Sl ...

, originating in the mid-1990s, and sometimes called acid metal *

Psychedelic funk Psychedelic funk (also called P-funk or funkadelia, and sometimes conflated with psychedelic soul) is a music genre that combines funk music with elements of psychedelic rock. It was pioneered in the late 1960s and early 1970s by American acts l ...

, originating in the late-1960s, and sometimes called acid funk

Bands

* Acid (Belgian band), a Belgian heavy metal band *

Acid (Japanese band) Acid was a Japanese rock band originally created by Hideki after Siam Shade disbanded. History Acid formed in August 2003 through auditions held by Hideki. Their live setlist was made up of both of Hideki's solo albums at the beginning and, ...

, a Japanese band * Acid (hip-hop group), a Burmese hip-hop group * The Acid, an electronic music band

Songs

* "Acid", by Venom from the 1991 album '' Temples of Ice'' * "Acid", by Red Harvest from the 1992 album '' Nomindsland'' * "Acid", by Esham from the 1992 album '' Judgement Day Vol. 1: Day'' * "Acid", by Toad the Wet Sprocket from the 1997 album '' MOM II: Music for Our Mother Ocean'' * "Acid", by Emm Gryner from the 1998 album ''

Public In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociology, sociological concept of the ''Öf ...

'' * "Acid", by Gigi D'Agostino from the 1999 EP '' Tanzen'' * "Acid", by G.G.F.H. from the 2001 album '' The Very Beast of G.G.F.H. Vol. 1'' * "Acid", by Lil Wyte from the 2003 album ''

Doubt Me Now ''Doubt Me Now'' is the debut album by American rapper Lil Wyte, released March 4, 2003. The album became an underground hit among fans, selling over 135,000 copies independently, without any promotion. To date it has sold 360,000 copies. Fans al ...

'' * "Acid", by Ghost Town from the 2014 album '' The After Party'' * "Acid", by Blancmange from the 2015 album ''

Semi Detached A semi-detached house (often abbreviated to semi) is a single-family Duplex (building), duplex dwelling that shares one common party wall, wall with its neighbour. The name distinguishes this style of construction from detached houses, with no sh ...

'' * "Acid", by Power Trip from the 2018 album '' Opening Fire: 2008–2014'' * "Acid", by Jockstrap from the 2020 EP '' Wicked City'' * "Acidic", by Slipknot from the 2022 album ''

The End, So Far ''The End, So Far'' is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on September 30, 2022, through Roadrunner Records. This is the band's final album to be released through Roadrunner, whom the band signed wit ...

Other uses

* ''Acid'' (2018 film), a 2018 Russian drama film * ''Acid'' (2023 film), a 2023 Franco-Belgian fantasy drama film * ''Acid'' (novel), a 2016 novel by Sangeetha Sreenivasan *

Association du cinéma indépendant pour sa diffusion The Association du cinéma indépendant pour sa diffusion (ACID; ) is an association of film directors with the goal of promoting the theatrical distribution of independent films and encouraging debates between filmmakers and audiences. It was f ...

(ACID), film association *

ACiD Productions ACiD Productions (ACiD) is a digital art group. Founded in 1990, the group originally specialized in ANSI artwork for bulletin board systems (BBS). More recently, they have extended their reach into other graphical media and computer software de ...

, an underground digital art group also known as ''ANSI Creators in Demand'' * "Acid", a track on Richard Pryor's 1976 comedy album ''

Bicentennial Nigger ''Bicentennial Nigger'' is the sixth album by the American comedian Richard Pryor. David Banks produced the album, while Warner Bros. Records released the album in September 1976. It is often considered one of his most influential recordings. Th ...

'' *

Acid Betty Jamin Ruhren (born December 10, 1977), better known by the stage name Acid Betty, is an American drag queen, performer, actor and singer. He rose to national prominence after competing on the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8), eighth season of ''RuPau ...

, Jewish-American drag queen * Acid (YouTuber), Belgian YouTuber