Sonic
Encyclopedia
Companies
- Sonic Drive-InSonic Drive-InSonic Drive-In is an American drive-in fast-food restaurant chain based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, complete with carhops who sometimes wear rollerskates. As of August 31, 2010, there were 3,500 restaurants in 43 U.S. states. Sonic serves approximately 3 million customers daily.-1950s:Following...
, a United States fast food restaurant chain - Sonic FoundrySonic FoundrySonic Foundry is the former developer of various media software suites, which were purchased by Sony in late 2003 for $18 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities and obligations...
, a computer software company which develops programs for editing audio and video - Sonic HealthcareSonic HealthcareSonic Healthcare Limited is an Australian company that provides laboratory pathology and radiology services.The Sydney based company has its roots in the pathology practice of Douglass Laboratories, and since has become one of the largest diagnostic companies globally...
, a company that provides laboratory pathology and radiology services - Sonic Software, operating unit of Progress SoftwareProgress SoftwareProgress Software Corporation , formerly Data Language Corporation, is an American software company that sells business application infrastructure software. Its best known product is the OpenEdge ABL , which was developed in the early 1980s. The best known application written in Progress is...
- Sonic SolutionsSonic SolutionsSonic Solutions, acquired by Rovi Corporation in 2010, was a 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.-History:...
, company operating in digital-media markets - Sonic TeamSonic Teamis a Japanese computer and video game developer established in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan in 1990, originally known as Sega AM8. The Japan-based division is also known as G.E. Department Global Entertainment. The studio has collaborated with several in-house Japanese studios as well as other American-based...
, developer of computer games and video games - SONIC, an in-house brand used by Federated Co-operativesFederated Co-operativesFederated Co-operatives Limited , is a co-operative federation, established in 1955, providing procurement and distribution to member co-operatives in Western Canada. Federated Co-operatives is owned by about 265 member co-operatives across the region...
member co-operatives in Canada
Music
- Sonic EnemySonic EnemySonic Enemy is an independent record label, owned by Peter Hughes, best known for releasing Beck's first full length album on cassette, Golden Feelings . In 1999, they re-released Golden Feelings, pressing a total of 2,000 copies, before Beck had them cease production of the CD. The CD is now a...
, a record label - Sonic YouthSonic YouthSonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
, alternative rock band - Sonic SyndicateSonic SyndicateSonic Syndicate is a melodic death metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden. They are influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames, Soilwork and metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage.....
, melodic metalcore band - Supersonic (album)Supersonic (album)Supersonic is a 1987 hip-hop album by J. J. Fad, released on Ruthless Records. The album was produced by Dr. Dre, DJ Yella and Arabian Prince. Executively produced by Eric Eazy-E Wright. The album was distributed by Atco Records, a division of Atlantic Records.The song was written by Dania Maria...
, and its 1998 hit single "Supersonic" by American female rap trio J. J. Fad - CHDI-FMCHDI-FMCHDI-FM is the callsign of a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 102.9 FM in Edmonton, Alberta. The station broadcasts a modern rock format under the brand name SONiC 102.9.-General information and history:The OK Radio Group Ltd...
, an independently-owned radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, currently named SONiC 102.9 - CFUN-FM, a radio station in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, currently named SONiC.
Science and technology
- -sonic-, a prefix/infixInfixAn infix is an affix inserted inside a word stem . It contrasts with adfix, a rare term for an affix attached to the end of a stem, such as a prefix or suffix.-Indonesian:...
/suffix for words with meanings that relate to acoustics. - Sonic boomSonic boomA sonic boom is the sound associated with the shock waves created by an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion...
, an audible component of a shock wave in air - SupersonicSupersonicSupersonic speed is a rate of travel of an object that exceeds the speed of sound . For objects traveling in dry air of a temperature of 20 °C this speed is approximately 343 m/s, 1,125 ft/s, 768 mph or 1,235 km/h. Speeds greater than five times the speed of sound are often...
and hypersonicHypersonicIn aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that is highly supersonic. Since the 1970s, the term has generally been assumed to refer to speeds of Mach 5 and above...
speeds - Sonic hedgehogSonic hedgehogSonic hedgehog homolog is one of three proteins in the mammalian signaling pathway family called hedgehog, the others being desert hedgehog and Indian hedgehog . SHH is the best studied ligand of the hedgehog signaling pathway. It plays a key role in regulating vertebrate organogenesis, such as...
, a gene and protein named after Sonic the Hedgehog
Sports
- Seattle SuperSonicsSeattle SuperSonicsThe Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...
, a former National Basketball Association team - Sonic Motor Racing ServicesSonic Motor Racing ServicesSonic Motor Racing Services is a V8 Supercar team that is competing in the second-tier Australian V8 Supercar series, the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series and Australia's largest open wheeler category Formula Ford, competing in both the Australian Formula Ford Championship and the Victorian Formula Ford...
, an Australian motor racing team
Miscellaneous
- Sonic (train)Sonic (train)is the name used by Kyushu Railway Company 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 Kyūshū, Japan...
, the name of a Japanese express train - SonicStageSonicStageSonicStage is the name for Sony software 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 Player and RealPlayer. It is used to manage the library of ATRAC...
, computer program - Sonic screwdriverSonic screwdriverThe sonic screwdriver is a fictional tool in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spinoffs. It is a multifunctional tool used by The Doctor. Its most common function is that of a lockpick, but can be used to perform other operations such as performing medical scans,...
, fictional tool in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who - Sonic shower, Star Trek technology that uses sonic pulse vibrations to remove dirt from the body
- Theory of sonicsTheory of sonicsThe 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 can be considered the publication of the book A treatise on transmission of power by vibrations in 1918 by the Romanian scientist Gogu...
a branch of continuum mechanics. - Sonic the Hedgehog (disambiguation)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (character)Sonic the Hedgehog (character), trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...
, a video game character - Sonic the Hedgehog (series), his associated video game series
- Sonic the Hedgehog (video game), the first video game of the aforementioned series
- Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
- Sonic aka Sonik CliqueSonik CliqueSonik Clique is a Finnish demogroup with members from Sweden, Denmark, UK and Greece. The group was founded under its original name Sonic in October 1990 by Stargazer and Tomy, and was active during the mid-1990s but still releases productions occasionally...
, a computer demo group - Chevrolet SonicChevrolet AveoThe Chevrolet Aveo is a subcompact automobile manufactured since 2002, originally by the South Korean General Motors subsidiary, GM Daewoo—and later by other GM-affiliated entities...
, the North American successor to the Chevrolet Aveo