Character devices.
Linux distributions can support hundreds of thousands of devices and programs, far too many to list.
Yes.
If the fashion company uses or works with documents created with Adobe, Apple, or Windows-specific products, then chances are Linux will not be a good fit for the company. Otherwise, there are plenty of design and art applications for fashion designers, photographers, and artists alike on many Linux distributions.
Linux Wine is an open source software program. The Linux Wine software program allows Linux users to run Windows programs on their own devices such as computers.
For the most part they are the same but Embedded Linux is tailored for embedded devices that may have particular hardware configurations and limited resources.
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol
RT Linux is a specific distribution of Linux, as is Fedora. You can install RT Linux over Fedora, but RT Linux isn't a program you install in a Fedora installation, but an entirely different installation altogether (and meant for different things; RT Linux is meant for specialty devices where the machine needs to manage devices and calculations in Real-time whereas Fedora is more a desktop/server distribution.)
Webkinz is compatible with Linux. Linux is one of the popular operating systems that is commonly used on computers and other devices.
Modules are pieces of binary data that can be loaded into the Linux kernel at run time. These are typically drivers for devices or file systems.
Yes, either by amsn; or pidgin, or a bevy of other devices.
U-Boot is not actually part of Linux; it is a separate project. It is a bootloader, much like GRUB, often used in embedded devices.
LVM is a logical volume manager for the Linux kernel; it manages disk drives and similar mass-storage devices.