The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WIRED
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The straight part
We know that "Connected to the internet/tense with excitement" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case connected to the internet/tense with excitement = wired.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WIRED mean?
WIRED verb- To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
- To string on a wire.
- To equip with wires for use with electricity.
- To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
- (usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.
- To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
- To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
- To install eavesdropping equipment.
- To snare by means of a wire or wires.
- To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
- Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
- Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
- Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.
- Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
- Having wiry feathers.
- Being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down.
- Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
- (of people or communities) Connected to the Internet; online.