Global variables in Oracle 8.1.6 on NT

I am running Oracle 8.1.6 on Windows NT.
Does anybody know how can I create and maintain global variables or even constants, so that the same variables and constants could be used by all connections to the database.
The main feature is that I can store their values in database table or external file, but have not to read these values from table or file every time I need them.
All readings from the source file or table must occur only one time, for example, during database server startup, after it all the values must be supplied directly from phisical memory rather than from the table or external file (to speed up this process).
Thank you.

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