Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position;
- Example: "a well-connected Edinburgh family"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
well-connected
adj 1: connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of
wealth or social position; "a well-connected Edinburgh
family"
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
well-connected
adj.
Said of a computer installation, asserts that it has reliable email links
with the network and/or that it relays a large fraction of available
Usenet newsgroups. Well-known can be almost synonymous, but also implies
that the site's name is familiar to many (due perhaps to an archive service
or active Usenet users).
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
well-connected
Said of a computer installation, asserts that it has reliable
electronic mail links with the network and/or that it relays
a large fraction of available Usenet newsgroups.
"Well-known" can be almost synonymous, but also implies that
the site's name is familiar to many (due perhaps to an archive
service or active Usenet users).