An acid 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, commonly (though imprecisely) referred to as an acid
  • Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), a semisynthetic, psychedelic drug commonly referred to as acid

Computing

  • ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability), an initialism for the transactional properties of database management systems
  • Acid1, a web browser test page
  • Acid2
  • Acid3
  • Acid Pro, professional digital audio workstation software
  • Acid (computer virus), a computer virus

Music

  • "Acid-like", the sound produced by the Roland TB-303 electronic music synthesizer

Genres

  • Psychedelic music, inspired by the use of psychedelic drugs including LSD
  • Acid (electronic music)
  • Acid rock, originating in the mid-1960s
  • Acid house, originating in the mid-1980s
  • Acid jazz, originating in the mid-1980s
  • Acid trance, originating in the early to mid-1990s
  • Acid techno, originating in the early 1990s
  • Neo-psychedelia, originating in the early 1980s, and sometimes called acid punk
  • Stoner rock, originating in the mid-1990s, and sometimes called acid metal
  • Psychedelic funk, originating in the late-1960s, and sometimes called acid funk

Bands

  • Acid (Belgian band), a Belgian heavy metal band
  • Acid (Japanese band), 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
  • "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
  • "Acid", by Ghost Town from the 2014 album The After Party
  • "Acid", by Blancmange from the 2015 album Semi Detached
  • "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

Other uses

  • Acid (2018 film), a Russian drama film
  • Acid (2023 film), a Franco-Belgian fantasy drama film
  • Acid (novel), a 2016 novel by Sangeetha Sreenivasan
  • Association du cinéma indépendant pour sa diffusion (ACID), film association
  • ACiD Productions, an underground digital art group also known as ANSI Creators in Demand
  • "Acid", a track on Richard Pryor's 1976 comedy album Bicentennial Nigger
  • Acid Betty, Jewish-American drag queen
  • Acid (YouTuber), Belgian YouTuber

See also

  • Acid test (disambiguation)
  • Acid attack (disambiguation)