Part of the Data transmission glossary: FiOS (Fiber Optic Service) is a fiber to the premises (FTTP) telecommunications service offered by Verizon to consumers in the United States. The word fios is Irish for knowledge and the FiOS acronym is a trademark of Verizon. FTTP, also called fiber to the home (FTTH), is the installation and use of optical fiber from a central point directly to individual buildings. A typical FiOS package includes high-speed Internet access along with cable TV and basic telephone service. For consumer use, FiOS Internet access is available at downstream speeds of up to 30 megabits per second (Mbps) and upstream speeds of up to 5 Mbps.
What is a Pilonidal Cyst? A pilonidal cyst or sinus is an abscess (localized collection of pus) or a chronic draining sinus (canal or passage). These cysts develop when a dead hair or hairs are pushed into the skin forming a canal or passage. This sinus then becomes infected as more debris collects in the sinus. The most common place for a pilonidal cyst to develop is in the skin over the tailbone, just over the cleft in the buttocks.
It surrounds a spiral canal of two-and-one-half turns around a central core, the modiolus; this spiral canal contains the scala vestibuli, scala media consisting of the membranous cochlea or cochlear duct in which is located the spiral organ (Corti), and scala tympani.