Sonic or Sonics may refer to:

Companies

Sonic Drive-In Sonic Corporation, founded as Sonic Drive-In and more commonly known as Sonic (stylized in all caps), is an American drive-in fast-food Chain store, chain owned by Inspire Brands, the parent company of Arby's, Jimmy John's, Buffalo Wild Wings, ...

, an American drive-in, fast-food restaurant chain * Sonic (ISP), an Internet provider CLEC, serving more than 100 California communities * Sonic Foundry, 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 2 ...

, a company operating in digital-media markets *

Sonic Team , doing business as , is a Japanese video game developer owned by Sega. Sonic Team is best known for its ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series and games such as '' Nights into Dreams'' and '' Phantasy Star Online''. The initial team, formed in 1990, c ...

, a Japanese video game developer team *SONIC, a brand name of Sega, S.A. SONIC

Arts and entertainment

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Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battle ...

'', a video game franchise licensed by

Sega is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises for arcade game, arcades and video game cons ...

Sonic the Hedgehog (character) is a Character (arts), character created by the Japanese game designers Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima. He is the star of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise and the mascot of the Japanese video game company Sega. Sonic is an anthropomorphism ...

, the titular character of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991), a 1991 platform video game ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (TV series), a 1993 Italian-American animated television series ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (OVA), a 1996 Japanese original video animation series ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006), a 2006 platform video game ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (8-bit video game), a 1991 platform video game for the Sega Master System and Game Gear ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (film), a 2020 action-adventure film * Sonic screwdriver, a fictional tool in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' * Nickelodeon Sonic, an Indian children's television channel *Sonic "Boom Boom" Renaldi, a character in the ''

Speed Racer ''Speed Racer'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuo Yoshida. It was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 ''Shōnen Book''. It was released in form by Sun Wide Comics and later re-re ...

'' 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 rock, punk and Garage rock, garage music worldwide, and they have been named inspir ...

, an American band * CHDI-FM, a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named SONiC 102.9 * CKKS-FM, 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 oscillation, vibrations. The birth of the theory of sonics is the publication of the book ''A treatise on transmission of power b ...

, 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 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 ...

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Hypersonic In aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that exceeds five 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 i ...

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Sonic hedgehog Sonic hedgehog protein (SHH) is a major signaling molecule of embryonic development in humans and animals, encoded by the ''SHH'' gene. This signaling molecule is key in regulating embryonic morphogenesis in all animals. SHH controls organoge ...

, a gene and protein named after Sonic the Hedgehog * SONIC (Ethernet controller), a 10 Mbit/s Ethernet controller *Somali Network Information Centre, the registry for the .so ccTLD * SONiC (operating system), free and open source network operating system developed by Microsoft * SonicStage, a computer program

Sports

* Seattle SuperSonics, a National Basketball Association team, relocated to Oklahoma as the Thunder * Sonic Motor Racing Services, an Australian motor racing team

Vehicles