Ugh. See, and if my mom asked that, I know she's looking for a barebones high-level explanation that she can grok, so I can be a bit fuzzy. But when an intervie

Ugh. See, and if my mom asked that, I know she's looking for a barebones high-level explanation that she can grok, so I can be a bit fuzzy. But when an interviewer asks me that? I can't tell if they're just screening out the dummies, or if they actually want me to talk about packets and handshakes and DNS protocol.