What is the difference between Application and Cache in ASP.NET?

Question

What the difference between Application("some-object") and Cache("some-object") in ASP.NET?

Answer 1

Application is an application wide, no timeout (except when the pool restarts) dictionary. The cache is a temporary repository for common cache storage.

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Answer 2

According to MS, Application storage is only preserved for backward compatibility with classic ASP applications so use the Cache because it's smarter and thread-safe.