The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Systems Network Architecture
Blue Glue
SNA
(SNA) IBM's proprietary high level networking
protocol standard, used by IBM and IBM compatible
mainframes.
Also referred to as "Blue Glue", SNA is a bletcherous protocol
once widely favoured at commercial shops. The official IBM
definition is "that which binds blue boxes together." It may
be relevant that Blue Glue is also a 3M product commonly
used to hold down carpets in dinosaur pens.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-23)