A programmable logic controller, PLC, or programmable controller is a digital computer used for automation of typically industrial electromechanical processes, such as control of machinery on factory assembly lines, amusement rides, or light fixtures.PLCs are used in many machines, in many industries. programmable logic controller, PLC, or programmable controller is a digital computer used for automation of typically industrial electromechanical processes, such as control of machinery on factory assembly lines, amusement rides, or light fixtures.
title / office. Sam Houston, byname of Samuel Houston (born March 2, 1793, Rockbridge county, Virginia, U.S.âdied July 26, 1863, Huntsville, Texas), U.S. lawyer and politician, a leader in the Texas Revolution (1834â36). 1  In his youth Houston moved with his family to a farm in rural Tennessee after the death of his father in 1807.
HOUSTON, SAMUEL (1793â1863). Sam Houston, one of the most illustrious political figures of Texas, was born on March 2, 1793, the fifth child (and fifth son) of Samuel and Elizabeth (Paxton) Houston, on their plantation in sight of Timber Ridge Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was of Scots-Irish ancestry and reared Presbyterian.