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For a finite sequence $a_0,\dots ,a_{n-1}$, its suffix sums are $S_i={\sum }_{j=i}^{n-1}{a}_j$, with $S_n=0$. They satisfy $S_i=a_i+S_{i+1}$, so one backward pass computes all of them in $O(n)$ additions.

For $(3,-1,4)$, the suffix sums are $(6,3,4,0)$ including the empty suffix. A range sum on $[i,j)$ is $S_i-S_j$. Thus suffix sums provide the same constant-time range queries as prefix sums, with the accumulation direction reversed.