We introduce a covering notion depending on two cardinals, which we call O - [ μ, λ ] -\ud
compactness, and which encompasses both pseudocompactness and many other known\ud
generalizations of pseudocompactness. For Tychonoff spaces, pseudocompactness turns out\ud
to be equivalent to O - [ ω, ω ] -compactness.\ud
We provide several characterizations of O - [ μ, λ ] -compactness, and we discuss its connec-\ud
tion with D-pseudocompactness, for D an ultrafilter. The connection turns out to be rather\ud
strict when the above notions are considered with respect to products. In passing, we pro-\ud
vide some conditions equivalent to D-pseudocompactness.\ud
Finally, we show that our methods provide a unified treatment both for O - [ μ, λ ] -\ud
compactness and for [ μ, λ ] -compactness