The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 by the US National Climatic Data Center. You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern Shore, Central Maryland and Western Maryland.
A computer application is simply another word for a computer program or an executable file. Examples would be games, word processors (such as Microsoft Word), and media players.
A desktop computer is designed for one person who needs a user-friendly operating system to run desktop applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, an email client, and a Web browser. A server runs a specialized operating system designed to support many users.