This document discusses programming languages for programmable logic controllers (PLCs) according to industry standards. It outlines 5 standard PLC programming languages: ladder diagram, function block diagram, sequential function charts, instruction list, and structured text. The document then focuses on ladder diagrams, explaining that rungs represent horizontal connections, rails represent vertical connections, contacts represent inputs, and coils represent outputs in ladder logic. It also covers normally open and normally closed contacts and provides ladder logic diagrams for 7 common logic gates: OR, AND, NOT, NAND, NOR, and XOR gates.