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During a process of downloading a large datafile from a database to a remote terminal using a data server system, the destination terminal displays additional amusing, edifying or interesting information such as details of useful website addresses, interesting "trivia", news, advertising, quizzes, status information about the file or about progress in the downloading process, or other information which can make the downloading process more interesting for the user. The additional data may be retrieved from the same database as the requested information, but it may be retrieved from elsewhere, such as an internet gateway server or the user terminal itself. The data is displayed at the beginning of the download of the requested file, and may be changed or updated during the download procedure if a large file is to be transmitted. To facilitate this the requested data may be divided into a number of segments, with the additional data transmitted between the segments. The number of segments may be selected according to the time required to transmit the requested data, as determined by factors such as the data rate of the connection over which the download process is to take place, and the amount of data to be downloaded. Further data, for example quiz answers, may be displayed at the end of the download procedure. <IMAGE>
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