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Eric Bina

Also Known As Eric J. Bina · E. Bina
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Eric J. Bina (born October 1964) is an American software programmer who is the co-creator of Mosaic and the co-founder of Netscape. In 1993, Bina and Marc Andreessen authored the first version of Mosaic while working as programmers at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Mosaic was posted to the Internet and is regarded as the first killer application that popularized the Internet. He is one of the five inaugural inductees to the World Wide Web Hall of Fame, and in 1995 he and Andreessen were awarded the ACM Software System Award.

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Birth Year
1964 1
Birth Date
1964-10-25 1
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1. Eric Bina (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Eric J. Bina
    Eric J. Bina
  • Wikidata P166: W. Wallace McDowell Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): W. Wallace McDowell Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Internet Hall of Fame
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Internet Hall of Fame.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Software System Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Software System Award.
  • Wikidata alias: E. Bina
    E. Bina
  • P569 (date of birth): year 1964
    1964
  • P569 (date of birth): 1964-10-25
    1964-10-25
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