VI (VIM) has "mark" the current position to a register (a..z) and a "move" to the current line or position in a register.
To mark the current position:
To move the cursor to the previously marked line:
To move the cursor to the previously market position (at the line and column):
Examples:
mz -- mark the current position into the "z" register
/find something
/find something else
'z -- go back to the previous position