PLC

PLC may stand for:

In technology:

• Packet Loss Concealment, a technique to mask the effects of missing packets in VoIP communications
• Power line communication, including broadband PLC modes
• Programmable logic controller, a small special-purpose computer used to automate machines

In business:

• Product life cycle, the succession of stages a product goes through
• Public limited company, in UK or Ireland, a type of limited company whose shares may be sold to the public

In medicine:

• Pityriasis lichenoides chronica, the chronic version of the immune system disease Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta
• Phospholipase C, a class of Phospholipase

In politics:

• Palestinian Legislative Council, law-making body of the Palestinian Authority
• Parti Libéral du Canada, the French name of the Liberal Party of Canada
• Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, the Spanish name of the Constitutional Liberal Party of Nicaragua

In linguistics:

• Prague linguistic circle, an influentual school of linguistic thought
• Phonetic loan character, an etymologic category of Chinese characters

In other contexts:

• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795), a federal monarchic republic formed by Poland and the Lithuania
• Platoon Leaders Class, the United States Marine Corps training program for Marine Officer Candidates
• Presbyterian Ladies' College or Pymble Ladies' College, the names of several independent girls' schools in Australia
• Psycho le Cemu, a Japanese visual kei rock band
• Patrol Leaders' Council, the leadership body in a Boy Scout Troop
• PLC plastic

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