Science and Technology
- Packet Loss Concealment, a technique to mask the effects of missing packets in VoIP communications
- Polymorphic Lambda Calculus, a typed lambda calculus with parametric polymorphism, also known as System F
- Portevin–Le Chatelier effect, the serrated portion of a stress strain curve
- Power line communication, including broadband PLC modes
- Programmable logic controller, a digital computer used for automation of industrial processes, such as machinery control in factories
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