Earing a funny sound in my new iMac

I have a new version Intel Imac and so far I never heard any sound suddenly we heard quite a loud sound like a cooling fan and after a minute disappeared.
Also we hear beeps once on a while, I don't know it is's the iMac or Skype which is always on.
I am worried something wrong.
Thanks

I think is the same as aActivity Monitor, isnt'it ?
One thing still not clear, when I open this neew iMac I hear a series of beeps, is not the usual sound at start up. Even Apple Assistance doesn't know what it is.
Any idea if is normal because frecently I had a lot of trouble with Apple customer service and with new defective products.
Thanks

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