Cursor changes to a coloured revolving circle

Sometimes when I change to different web sites or If I am on a page the cursor changes to a revolving circle with rainbow colouring and I can not do anything till it changes back to a normal cursor. This varies in seconds. Hi can here the hard disk working at this time.
What causes this and how can I stop it happening

That usually happens when you are running low on memory. Restart the computer and Monitor your memory usage in your Activity Monitor. If you start to get a lot of "page outs," that's a clue you are running low. Also, how full is your hard drive? You need to have at least 10% of it free for virtual memory to work efficiently.  

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