Audio tracks: lock vs disconnect?

Hi, all. I'm new to iMac and FCE Express. I'm not sure I understand the functional difference between locking the audio tracks versus disconnecting them. Don't both functions do the same thing?
Thanks,
Jeff

Yes, I guess I'm referring to the patch panel.
So you're saying that if I UNpatch, say, an audio track, and I have a clip in the Viewer that has both video AND audio, moving it to the timeline with the UNpatched audio track will move the video portion only, and not the new clip's audio?
I'm sorry, I don't mean to be an idiot about all this. I think I understand the concept of LOCKING and UNLOCKING the tracks in the timeline. I'm just not getting the whole thing of PATCHING and UNPATCHING tracks, and when patching and unpatching is to be used instead of locking and unlocking. It's a mental block of some sort??
Thanks,
Jeff
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