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In marketing, see Positioning (marketing)

In telecommunications, see Positioning (telecommunications)

In grappling, see Grappling position

"Positioning" is also a term for the careful placement of objects

by the use of precise navigation: for example, in the term "Global Positioning System" (which often refers rather to finding than getting into the position).

in computer graphics, placement of virtual objects:

window positioning

placing HTML objects through CSS markup via the position attribute