Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1 - Background -- 2 - Introduction to MPI -- 3 - Using MPI in Simple Programs -- 4 - Intermediate MPI -- 5 - Advanced Message Passing in MPI -- 6 - Parallel Libraries -- 7 - Other Features of MPI -- 8 - Understanding how MPI Implementations Work -- 9 - Comparing MPI with Other Systems for Interprocess Communication -- 10 - Beyond Message Passing -- Glossary of Selected Terms -- A - Summary of MPI-1 Routines and Their Arguments -- B - The MPICH Implementation of MPI -- C - The MPE Multiprocessing Environment -- D - MPI Resources on the World Wide Web -- E - Language Details -- References -- Subject Index -- Function and Term Index.