PLA may refer to:
Organizations
Politics and military
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People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party
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People's Liberation Army (disambiguation) The People's Liberation Army is the armed forces of the People's Republic of China. It may also refer to:
Africa
* Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF) is the people’s army of Ambazonia, former British Southern Cameroons fighting a self defense camp ...
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Irish National Liberation Army, formerly called the People's Liberation Army
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People's Liberation Army (Lebanon)
The People's Liberation Army – PLA (Arabic: جيش التحرير الشعبي , ''Jayish al-Tahrir al-Sha'aby'') or Armée de Libération Populaire (ALP) in French, also known as the Forces of the Martyr Kamal Jumblatt (Arabic: قوات ا ...
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People's Liberation Army of Manipur
The People's Liberation Army of Manipur, often shortened to just People's Liberation Army (PLA-MP or PLAM), founded by N. Bisheshwar Singh on 25 September 1978, is a separatist armed terrorist group fighting for a separate independent socialist ...
, India
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Palestine Liberation Army
The Palestine Liberation Army (PLA, ar, جيش التحرير الفلسطيني, ''Jaysh at-Tahrir al-Filastini'') is ostensibly the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), set up at the 1964 Arab League summit held in A ...
, the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization
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ProLife Alliance, a former UK political party
Other organizations
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Pacific Locomotive Association
The Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc. (PLA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the physical aspects and atmosphere of Pacific Coast railroading during the period from 1910 to 1960.
The Pacific Locomotive Association ...
, operator of the Niles Canyon Railway in California, US
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Pakistan Library Association
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Pediatric Leadership Alliance, of the American Academy of Pediatrics
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Phone Losers of America
The Phone Losers of America (PLA) is an internet prank call community founded in 1994 as a phone phreaking and hacking e-zine. Today the PLA hosts the popular prank call podcast the ''Snow Plow Show'' which it has hosted since 2012.
History ...
, a US phone phreaking group
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Port of London Authority, England
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Pre-school Learning Alliance, England
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Public Library Association
The Public Library Association (PLA) is a division of the American Library Association, is a professional association of public librarians and supporters dedicated to the "development and effectiveness of public library staff and public library se ...
, a US professional association
Science and technology
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Principle of least astonishment
The principle of least astonishment (POLA), aka principle of least surprise (alternatively a law or rule), applies to user interface and software design. It proposes that a component of a system should behave in a way that most users will expect it ...
, a principle in software design
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Programmable logic array, a semiconductor device
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Proximity ligation assay, to detect proteins
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Polylactic acid, a biodegradable plastic, commonly used in 3D printing
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Protected landscape areas, areas with natural, ecological or cultural values
Other uses
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Prior learning assessment, in education
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Project Labor Agreement A Project Labor Agreement (PLA), also known as a Community Workforce Agreement, is a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor unions that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project. ...
, a collective bargaining agreement
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Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas, a megaport in Puerto Rico
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Pokémon Legends: Arceus'', a 2022 action role-playing game developed for the Nintendo Switch
See also
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Pla (disambiguation)
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Phospholipase A1
Phospholipase A1 (EC 3.1.1.32; systematic name: phosphatidylcholine 1-acylhydrolase) encoded by the PLA1A gene is a phospholipase enzyme which removes the 1-acyl group:
:phosphatidylcholine + H2O = 2-acylglycerophosphocholine + a carboxylate
It ...
(PLA1)
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Phospholipase A2 (PLA2)
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