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 Sonic Healthcare Limited is a Sydney-based, Australian company that provides laboratory services, pathology, radiology services and primary care medical services. About Sonic Healthcare Limited has a presence in Australia, New Zealand, Unite ...

, 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

*''Sonic the Hedgehog'', a video game franchise licensed by Sega **Sonic the Hedgehog (character), the titular character of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise **Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game), ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991), a 1991 platform video game **Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series), ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (TV series), a 1993 Italian-American animated television series **Sonic the Hedgehog (OVA), ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (OVA), a 1996 Japanese original video animation series **Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game), ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006), a 2006 platform video game **Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit 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), ''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 (film), Speed Racer'' film adaptation

Music

*The Sonics, 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 *Theory of sonics, a branch of continuum mechanics *Sonic boom, 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 *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