The aim of this textbook is the detailed description of the message passing model. Although there are many models in this category, the book focuses on the MPI (Message Passing Interface) standard, which appeared relatively recently in the field of parallel processing but quickly established itself as the standard for developing applications of this type.

Contents:
- Point-to-point communications
- Derived data types
- Collective communications
- Process groups and communicators
- Process topologies
- Input-output in MPI
- One-sided communications
- Dynamic process management
- Event logging
- Creating graphics
- The implementation of MPICH