Usually means: Particles of light, no mass.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (photon)

noun:  (physics) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.
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