Process scheduling state –The state of the process in terms of "ready", "suspended", etc., and other scheduling information as well, such as priority value, the amount of time elapsed since the proces...Process scheduling state –The state of the process in terms of "ready", "suspended", etc., and other scheduling information as well, such as priority value, the amount of time elapsed since the process gained control of the CPU or since it was suspended. Pointer – It is a stack pointer which is required to be saved when the process is switched from one state to another to retain the current position of the process.