Eric Bina

Eric J. Bina
Born	Template:Birth year and age United States
Occupation	Software developer
Known for	Co-creating the Mosaic web browser, co-founding Netscape

Eric J. Bina (born October 1964) is a notable American software developer recognized for co-creating the groundbreaking web browser Mosaic and co-founding Netscape. In 1993, while employed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bina collaborated with Marc Andreessen to produce the initial version of Mosaic.

Bina completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in 1986, followed by a master's degree in 1988, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He began his role as a programmer at NCSA in 1991, where he and Andreessen initiated the development of Mosaic in December 1992, achieving a functional release by March 1993. Mosaic emerged as the pioneering killer application that greatly contributed to the widespread adoption of the Internet. At the inaugural international World Wide Web Conference in 1994, Bina was honored as one of the first five inductees into the World Wide Web Hall of Fame.

In recognition of their contributions to Mosaic, Bina and Andreessen were awarded the ACM Software System Award in 1995. Subsequently, in 2010, both were inducted into the University of Illinois Engineering Hall of Fame.