ACID

  1. (acronym) .  (databases) atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability: a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably.
  2. Adjective.  Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
  3. Adjective.  (figuratively) Sour-tempered.
  4. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
  5. Adjective.  (music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
  6. Noun.  A sour substance.
  7. Noun.  (chemistry) Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:-.
  8. Noun.  (slang) lysergic acid diethylamide.

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