[android-developers] What is a "KeyGuard"?

Is an Android "KeyGuard" the swipey thing to unlock the home screen,
or is it a screen that requires security code or pattern to be
entered, or is it both of these things?

If only the second, why is it that a KeyGuardLock.disableKeyguard() is
documented as "Note: This call has no effect while any
DevicePolicyManager is enabled that requires a password." ... what
good would an object intended to clear a lock that is unable to ever
clear a lock?

My own use of it seems to allow me (on all but a few custom ROM
phones) to clear a security screen away, but the documentation seems
to imply that I could not do this.

tone

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