Usually means: Programmable Logic Controller for automation.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. plc: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. PLC, PLC: Merriam-Webster
  3. PLC, plc: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. plc: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Plc, plc: Wordnik
  6. PLC, plc: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. PLC, plc: Wiktionary
  8. PLC: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. PLC: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. PLC: Dictionary.com
  11. PLC (disambiguation), PLC, Plc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. PLC: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  13. plc: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. PLC: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  3. PLC (Public Limited Company): bizterms.net
  4. PLC: Investopedia
  5. PLC: Financial dictionary
  6. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. PLC: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. PLC: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PLC: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PLC: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. PLC: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  3. PLC: Data Acquisition

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (countable, business) Initialism of public limited company. [A publicly traded limited liability company in the United Kingdom and some other jurisdictions.]
noun:  (communication) Initialism of power line communication. [The distribution of data and other signals via electric power distribution wires]
noun:  (countable, electronics) Initialism of programmable logic controller. [A programmable electronic device used in industrial automation to provide logic and sequencing controls for machinery.]
noun:  (uncountable, telecommunications) Initialism of packet loss concealment.
noun:  (countable, biochemistry) Initialism of phospholipase C.
noun:  (countable, China) Initialism of prefecture-level city. [An administrative division of China immediately below the province level and above the county level, often comprising a central urban area, a large surrounding rural area, and smaller towns and cities. (Most of China proper today is part of a prefecture-level city.)]
noun:  (broadcasting) Initialism of program-length commercial.
noun:  (Palestinian politics) Initialism of Palestinian Legislative Council.
noun:  (business) Initialism of public limited company. [A publicly traded limited liability company in the United Kingdom and some other jurisdictions.]
noun:  (electronics) Initialism of programmable logic controller. [A programmable electronic device used in industrial automation to provide logic and sequencing controls for machinery.]

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