STATIC, ABSOLUTE, RELATIVE

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static

Default. An element with position: static always has the position the normal flow of the page gives it (a static element ignores any top, bottom, left, or right declarations)

absolute

An element with position: absolute is positioned at the specified coordinates relative to its containing block. The element's position is specified with the "left", "top", "right", and "bottom" properties

relative

An element with position: relative moves an element relative to its normal position, so "left:20" adds 20 pixels to the element's LEFT position

FLOATS

A float element is entirely extracted from the normal flow of the page and positioned either in the top left or top right corner available

Source

.abs {
position: absolute;
top: 200px;
left: 350px;
width: 400px;
background: #FFFF99;
}
.rel {
position: relative;
top: 200px;
left: 350px;
width: 400px;
background: #EAD4F7;
}