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Systems Network Architecture
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(networking)Systems Network Architecture - (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.
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Hooked to the mainframe via the IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) are: an IBM AS/400, which runs applications including that related to Workers' Compensation; 1,000 IBM PS/2 [R] personal computers; and seven IBM RISC System/6000 [R] processors running specialized optimization applications.
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The expansion is aimed at satisfying dramatically increasing customer demand for FASTRAK Frame Relay Service--which is running in California at twice the industry rate--to transport IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) traffic, interconnect local-area networks (LAN) and consolidate both on the same network.
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