A MOSFET is analogous to a water hose valve.

Imagine the type of faucet that you use to turn on or off water to
your garden hose. For us in the USA, turn the knob counter-clockwise and more water flows. If the valve is
already open, turn the knob clockwise and less water flows. One side of the valve has pressurized water against
it. This side of the valve is analogous to the MOSFET's Drain. The other side of the valve supplies water to where
it is to be used, like the garden hose. This side of the valve is analogous to the MOSFET's Source. The handle,
knob, or as my wife refers to it, twisty thingy, of the valve is where you control the water flow and it is analogous
to the Gate of the MOSFET. With that analogy in mind, let's move on to describing the major MOSFET
parameters.

Vds(max) - This is the maximum voltage that can be applied across the MOSFET's Drain to Source. This is
analogous to the water pressure on the valve. Too much water pressure and the valve and/or pipe will burst.
Same with a MOSFET, too much voltage and the MOSFET will break.

Vgs(max) - The is the maximum voltage that can be applied to the MOSFET's Gate. This is analogous to turning
on the water valve. You can turn the valve until it stops, indicating it is fully open. If you force the valve further,
eventually there will be a point when something gives and now you have a broken valve. With a MOSFET, too
much voltage on the Gate will cause it to break.

Id(max) - This is the maximum current that can safely pass through the MOSFET. When current passes through
a MOSFET, heat is generated. The more current, the more heat and the hotter the MOSFET. There is a limit to
how hot the MOSFET can get and Id(max) is that limit. Exceeding that limit generates too much heat and the
MOSFET breaks. This is like using sandpaper with your hands. If you sand slowly, very little heat is generated
and you can sand for a long time. If you sand real fast, the sand paper gets hot to the point that you can no
longer hold the sandpaper and you have to stop/let go and stick your fingers in a bucket of ice.

Static Rds(on) - This is the resistance to current flow inside the MOSFET. This is essentially friction. Few realize
that there is friction in a garden hose. Try this experiment. Get one large bucket, one 25' hose and one 100'
hose. With the valve fully open, measure the time it takes to fill the bucket using the 25' hose then the 100' hose.
It will take slightly longer to fill the bucket with the 100' hose. This is because of friction. In a MOSFET, Rds(on) is
a heat generator. When current flows, heat is generated.

Total Gate Charge - This is how much energy must be used on the MOSFET's Gate to turn on the MOSFET.
Equivalent to the energy needed to turn on the water valve. The harder it is to turn on the valve, the more energy
must be used. With the MOSFET, the higher the Gate charge, the more energy must be used to turn on the
MOSFET.

Turn-on Time - This is the time for the MOSFET to respond to the voltage applied to it's Gate. It is a finite time
and is analogous to the time it takes you to begin turning the water valve after you decide to turn it on.

Rise Time - This is the time it take the MOSFET to go from an OFF state to an ON state. Essentially, how fast
can you turn that water valve all the way open.

Turn-off Time - This is how long it takes for the MOSFET to begin turning off after the voltage is removed from
the Gate. How long does it take you to start turning the knob after you decide to turn it off.

Fall Time - This is the time it takes the MOSFET to go from an ON state to an OFF state. How fast can you turn
that knob in the other direction?

These are most of the major parameters that engineers talk about and hopefully you now have a slightly better
understanding of these parameters. There are a few different types of MOSFETs and the parameter values vary
for each. Just remember to envision a MOSFET as a valve and that the majority of the MOSFET applications are
analogous to the good old water hose valve.